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Body and neck well modelled ; head somewhat small,
thrown back with mouth open, and wearing expression
of pain. A tuft of short hair grows on forehead ; larger
lock falls back from it between ears. This hair, both humps,
fringe of long hair hanging below neck, and bunch of hair
round foreleg below junction with body, are painted light
red ; latter and tuft on top of head pitted to indicate that
hair is short and bushy.

Body generally is painted pinky white ; eyes black,
wide opened, with grey balls ; inside of upright ears, dark
grey ; hooves white, with black toes and fringe of black
hair round foot. Wrinkles round eyes and corners of open
mouth represented by black lines ; tongue and upper
teeth not represented, only gums (red). Lower teeth white.
Tail lost, but was evidently inserted by stick core. H.
c. 2′ 3″. Pl. XCVIII.

Ast. iii. 4. 018. Wooden object, of reversed shape ;
prismatic section with projecting node on one side where
curve reverses, painted and ornamented with drifting
palmettes in black. One end of object fashioned into kind
of trefoil. Paint appears to be discoloured silver. 2⅝″ ×
³⁄₁₆″ × ⅞″.

Ast. iii. 4. 019. Wooden core of tassel, in three tiers
round each of which remains cord holding frs. of yellow and
crimson silk. At top is a silvered cone and ball terminal
from which issues a cord for suspension, threaded through
entire length of core, and an elliptical piece of paper glued
to its upper end which served to attach it to some other
object. 1⅜″ × ⅜″. Pl. LXXXIX.

Ast. iii. 4. 020. Turned wood tazza, similar to Ast. 05.
Perfect, with careless saw-marks at bottom. Height ⅜″,
diam. 4⅜″. Pl. XCIII.

Ast. iii. 4. 021, 028–33, 062. Frs. of wooden pedestal,
open-sided, painted black with drifting palmette design in
white outline. Ends of openings semi-elliptical, connected
by cusped strips above and probably below. Corners,
simple mitre joint, glued. Remains of iron dowels on
lower edges indicate previous attachment to base. Remains
of glue on upper edges. For similar but taller pedestal,
see painting Ast. iii. 4. 010. a, also wooden miniature
Ast. iii. 4. 052, Pl. XCIV. For a similar stand, see Sūdstein
Catalogue, iii. Pl. 147 ; also backgammon board of this
pattern, ibid., Pl. 72. Length of side 18″, height 5⅜″.
Pl. C.

Ast. iii. 4. 022, 023, 034, 063. Four frs. of wooden
pedestal similar to preceding, but smaller and without
white pattern. Iron dowels for attachment to base and
top. Length c. 13″, height 4⅜″. Length of side when
completed 21″.

Ast. iii. 4. 024–6. Three miniature wooden bases,
rectang., with all four sides chamfered towards flat top, and
two grooves cut at right angles to each other across length
and breadth of bottom, leaving 'feet' at corners ; cf. (on
large scale) K.K. 1. i. 95. Sides painted emerald green ;
bottom of feet crimson ; flat tops unpainted, but without

holes as in K.K. 1. i. 95. Probably bases for posts of
railing such as Ast. iii. 4. 027. c. 1″ sq., h. 1⅜″.

Ast. iii. 4. 027. Fr. of miniature wooden railing. Two
small posts, sq. in section, with tapering neck terminating
in wider sq. head ; lower part of posts joined by slab of
wood between, length 1⅜″ ; on top, handrail, circular in
section, morticed to fit on to heads of posts.

Whole painted crimson, with bright yellow patches on
top of rail, and band of emerald green bordered with white
along lower outer surface of the 'boarding' between posts.
On the green is drifting cloud in terra-cotta and pink,
outlined black. Back of one post shows unpainted line
where another strip of 'boarding' was attached at right
angles to existing portion of fence ; top of handrail above
is cross-morticed for crossing of another rail. For portion
of same or similar balustrade, see (posts) Ast. iii. 4. 056–9 ;
('slabs') 042–4, Pl. XCIV ; (hand-rail) 060 ; see also full
size, N. iii. xii. 01. Length 2⅜″, h. 2″.

Ast. iii. 4. 035, 040, 040 (now joined). Painted wooden
miniature bridge or gangway, resembling those shown in
'Th. Buddhas' paintings as leading to celestial pavilions ;
but slightly curved as in Chinese bridges. Roadway slate
blue ; sides protected by balustrades consisting of three
posts on each side. These are connected by wooden slabs
painted on outer red-bordered sides with drifting palmette
in green, blue, and black, outlined red on white ground ;
posts as Ast. i. 7. 09, 010. One post at each end and one
in centre. Under surface of roadway red. Length 8⅜″,
breadth 4⅜″, height of balustrade 2″. Pl. XCIV.

Ast. iii. 4. 036. Four strips of wood, squared, connected
at varying distances from each other (av. ⅜″) by band of
paper painted orange with crude rosettes in blue, green, and
white. One end strip, 7″ × 1³⁄₁₆″ × ³⁄₁₆″, has marks of attach-
ment at ends on flat face. Other three strips, 6″ × 1⅜″ × ³⁄₁₆″,
have been attached by their ends butted against other
pieces and perhaps belong to object similar to Ast. iii.
4. 035. Large piece red and blue, other pieces alternately
green and red and blue and red.

Ast. iii. 4. 037. Strip of wood, painted red and blue with
paper band attached. Similar to small strips of Ast. iii.
4. 036. 5⅜″ × ⁷⁄₁₆″ × ³⁄₁₆″.

Ast. iii. 4. 038. Painted wooden miniature balustrade,
from bridge similar to that of Ast. iii. 4. 035, &c., the two
end posts missing. Top of middle post missing. Length
8″, height 1¹⁄₁₆″.

Ast. iii. 4. 041–5. Painted wooden balustrade slabs,
straight, with red upper bands, lower green with white
dividing line. On green, five drifting palmettes in pink,
orange, and red outlined black. 041, 046, 7″ × 1³⁄₁₆″ × ⅛″.
(Attached to ends of 041 are posts 057 and 059.) Remaining
three c. 1⅜″ length. Pl. XCIV.

Ast. iii. 4. 046, 051. Half of miniature wooden arch,
composed of two members ; the lower square in section
supports centrally a thinner upright member which follows
same semi-elliptical curve. Outer face of lower member

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