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resembling design, see the painted border of a Toyuk cave-
shrine, Grünwedel, Kultstätten, p. 331. 8″ × 9″. Pl. LXXVI.

Ast. i. 5. 04. Silver spectacles. Similar to Ast. ix.
2. b. 09, but better made. Very fragile ; broken across
bridge. Small frs. of silk adhering. For others see Ast. i.
3. a. 04, 3. b. 03, 5. a. 02, 6. 07. 5¹⁄₁₀″ × 1³⁄₁₀″. Pl. LXXXIX.

Ast. i. 5. 05. Silk frill, and other perished plain frs. from
Ast. i. 5. 03.

Ast. i. 5. 06. Cord of closely plaited fibre, very
brittle, dark brown. Resembles modern mohair shoe-lace.
Perished.

Ast. i. 5. 07. Fr. of wooden comb, with finely cut teeth
and semi-elliptical back. 2¼″ × 1⅛″ × ¹⁄₁₀″.

Ast. i. 5. a. 01. (a) Figured silk band. Colour almost
entirely faded. Double lines of squares, or oblongs placed
corner to corner diagonally, run diagonally R. and L.
across cloth, forming a lattice-work. In each lozenge-shape
space a cross, the long limbs thin (lengthwise in lozenge)
and the short thick. Arms are terminated by stepped
lozenges. Ground probably pink, now all faded to dark
buff, and pattern to brown. Size of lozenge spaces about
3″ × 5″. Very fragile. Length c. 17″. Breadth 4″.
(b). Lining of thin plain silk, and thick evenly woven
silk fabric of yellow ground, with single and double bands
of pink across fabric, in both directions widely spaced.
Complete pattern not present. Fr. with Ast. i. 5. a. 02
shows broad band of pink the end of which is a double
scallop. From junction of scallops runs a straight stem
of buff, cutting band lengthwise, and opening out into
angular double battle-axe shape. Length 12″, breadth 7″.
(c). Pale green silk lining, very faded, damask. Pattern
fragmentary, but of type related to Ser. Ch. 00118 and
T. xv. a. iii. 0010. An arcading of cloud scroll, narrow
and high, meanders across fabric. The scrolls are hexagonal
and three deep at top of arch, changing to two and then
to one row as the arch turns down. From corner rises
a fret pillar, on each side of which a pair of confronting
erect beasts, whose bodies appear to turn up over their
heads.
Under arch is a form which may be a standing human
figure, to front, but is more likely a floral form. Below the
downward loop of meander is a fret column and between
each pair a downward-pointed chevron band of hexagonal
scroll. The chevron thus runs across material below
meander, the points opposed to the bends of the latter.
Below each downward point of chevron, and filling
space between pillars, is a kidney shape in outline, from
which rise six straight filaments, the two outside ones
turned outwards into hexagonal spirals.
The complete pattern is not present, but there is sufficient
to make out the general scheme, which is very interesting,
especially in its obvious common origin with the examples
quoted while including many bold variations. The ogee
of the former is absent, but the chevron may be considered
as the pattern of the second plane in its stead. Very fragile.
Largest piece 7¼″ × 3¼″. Pl. LXXXIV.

Ast. i. 5. a. 02. Silver (?) spectacles, as Ast. i. 3. b. 03,
&c., but large and clumsily shaped. Shields a wide oval,
tips lost. Spectacles bound with buff silk which seems to
have been held on by the help of small wooden pegs in-
serted through holes round edges.
On top remains of covering of several layers of silk, which
has taken mould of spectacles ; upper layer dark green,
lower buff ; pierced where shields are pierced (to allow
the dead to see ?). Detached remains also of thick figured
buff silk, as Ast. i. 5. a. 01. b, of which it furnishes a further
portion of pattern. Length (incomplete) 6″, gr. depth
2⅜″. Pl. LXXXIX.

Ast. i. 5. b. 01. Frs. of figured silk face-cloth ; nearly
all crumbled to dust. Portions distinguishable show parts
of circular pearl-bordered medallions with squares at
cardinal points and five pearls in each quadrant. Within
medallion a 'tree' and confronting birds of Sasanian
motif. The circle appears to represent a pond, the 'tree'
a marsh mallow. Animals, swans, with elaborate tails
and slightly uplifted wings.
R. and L. of mallow head is a floating disc with trailing
roots, frequently used in Chinese decoration. Circles almost
touch horizontally. In spandrel above there appears to be
a flying crane.
Colouring uncertain, now blue and buff. Warp-rib
weave. Design and weaving appear to be Chinese. Frs.
of coarse lining. Size of patterned piece 5⅜″ × 4¾″. Very
fragile. Pl. LXXIX.

Ast. i. 6. 01. Fr. of figured silk, from face-cover, being
ear, part of cheek and part of ruff, with adjoining pearl
border, of boar's-head pattern similar to Ast. i. 5. 03,
Pl. LXXVI, but smaller. Fine twill weaving. All colour
but blue faded to buff. 4¾″ × 2¼″.

Ast. i. 6. 02. Mass of frs. of silk (from body a) and dust
of painted buff shroud. Colours used, red, white, black.
Too fragmentary to reconstruct.

Ast. i. 6. 05. Human hand. R., from body a, with fingers
doubled, clasping small cylindrical piece of wood wrapped
in silk, of which frs. remain. Hand complete with two nails
and some bones of wrist, but dried and shrivelled to skin
and bone. Scraps of buff silk adhere to knuckles ; below
are remains of coarse buff hemp (?) cloth.
Wooden cylinder slightly waisted, and pierced end to
end lengthways by small hole ; cf. Ast. i. 6. 06, Pl. C.
Hand (as doubled) 4¾″ × 2¼″ ; cylinder (length) 3⅝″, gr.
diam. 1¹⁄₁₀″.

Ast. i. 6. 06. Wooden cylinder, as in hand Ast. i. 6. 05.
Slightly waisted, with ⅛″ hole pierced from end to end.
Wrapped round middle with band of much-decayed figured
silk, sewn either side to fine buff silk (perished).
Figured silk woven with fine stiffened warp, and thick
soft weft, in large twill ; all-over diaper of concentric
lozenges. Weft ordinarily buff, but band of indigo, ⅝″
wide, runs across middle of fabric, irrespective of pattern.
Cylinder (length) 3¼″, gr. diam. 1⅛″. Pl. C.