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Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books

small wooden pegs painted black on head. Pegs remain
on both, but grass strips have mostly perished from 012.
Traces of glue on edges. Prob. parts of a box. Good con-
dition. 012. 8⅜″×4″; thickness ⅜″. Pl. XCIV.

Ast. vi. 1. 014. Wooden fig. of man, roughly cut and face
particularly crude. Armless, but body shaped with marked
waist and shoulders ; the latter cut flat at ends and painted
over, showing that no arms were probably contemplated.
Wears black three-quarter-length jacket, with green
borders, crossing on breast to R. pr. Vermilion belt with
large green buckle and sword-loop with end of strap hanging
down behind, finished with green tag. Below, white trousers
to ankle and short black boots with red line round tops.
Features indicated by very rough hollowing out to make
sides of nose and scratch for mouth ; subsequently painted
over white of flesh ; nose, a streak of vermilion with black
spot at top ; eyes, concentric circles of green and vermilion
with black pupils ; mouth, vermilion line ; eyebrows
and moustaches, concave brush-lines of orange and
vermilion, and beard orange and vermilion spot. Hair
black, almost entirely covered by close-fitting cap the
curtain of which comes down to level of chin. This type
of cap occurs frequently in the Wu Liang Tzŭ sculptures,
generally on charioteers. The figure suggests a groom ; see
Chavannes' Mission archéol. Pl. LII. II. 7″. Pl. CIV.

Ast. vi. 1. 015. Large pottery dish ; flat, circular, with
flat bottom, and sides slightly incurving to plain rim. Two
roughly incised circles on bottom inside. Light grey body,
rather roughly made ; good condition. Diam. 9⅛″, h. 1⅝″.
Pl. XC.

Ast. vi. 1. 016. Fr. of lid of lacquered wood ; small,
circular, rising to point, with flange at bottom to fit on
box ; lathe-made. Remains of red and black lacquer over
outside, much decayed. Wood soft. Gr. M. 2⅜″, h. ¾″.

Ast. vi. 1. 017. Wooden hind leg of animal (trotting
horse ?). Flat on inner side, and with pin through upper
end for attachment to body. Outer side roughly shaped.
Hole drilled at 'ankle'. Painted black, except where it
touched body. Length 3⅛″.

Ast. vi. 1. 018. Lug-eared wooden bowl, as T. 01, Pl.
XLVII ; Ast. ii. 2. 021, &c. ; but rather long and narrow.
Unlacquered but showing traces of paint. Good condition.
Length 5⅛″, gr. width of bowl 2⅜″, depth 1⅜″. Pl. XCI.

Ast. vi. 1. 019. Wooden spatula ; roughly shaped, flat
bowl, handle broken. Length 4⅜″, gr. width 1″.

Ast. vi. 1. 020. Two frs. of bronze, with curved edge ;
very badly corroded. Remains of silk amongst corrosion.
Perhaps from mirror. Gr. M. 2″.

Ast. vi. 1. 021. Pair of model shoes of silk and paper.
Paper soles ; upper of striped silk muslin, crimson, green
and blue on buff ground, over paper. Edge of opening
left raw. Paper from old Chin. MS., writing practically
effaced. Length 5″. Pl. XCIII.

Ast. vi. 1. 022. Fr. of wooden comb, with arched back.
H. 2¹⁄₁₆″, length 1⅛″.

Ast. vi. 1. 023-5. Miniature bow and arrows in
paper case. 023. Bow in bow-sheath. Bow, a piece of
cherry (?) twig with bark on, split longitudinally, and
flattened in middle for grip. To notched ends is tied taut
bowstring of 'catgut'. Beneath a long narrow paper bag,
roughly shaped to suit, and blackened outside.
024. Quiver with two miniature wooden arrows. Latter
very neatly made, one with triangular head, the other with
spatula-like head. Other end split for insertion of paper
'feather' like metal 'feather' of Ser. iv. Pl. LI, M. Tagh.
b. 007-10, bound round neatly above with thread, and
notched.
Quiver a thumb-shaped paper bag, blackened like bow-
sheath, and sewn with blackened string. 025. Another
quiver of same sort, without arrows. Length of bow 10⅛″,
of arrows 4¹⁄₁₆″, of quivers c. 3⅛″×⅜″. Pl. CIV.

Ast. vi. 1. 026. Wooden peg, roughly shaped, with two
strips of decayed hide curled round it. Length of peg 3⅛″.
Pl. XCIII.

Ast. vi. 2. 02 and 03. Two wooden pegs, oblong, roughly
pointed at both ends, and inscribed with Chinese charms
both sides. Both have identical inscrs. 02. 4⅜″×1″×⅛″.
03. 3⅜″×1″׳⁄₁₆″. Pl. CIV.

Ast. vi. 2. 04. Fr. of blue silk, spotted white by 'resist'
process (outlined), similar to Ast. vi. 3. 03, Pl. LXXVIII ;
with two rectangular panels of figured silk, in warp-rib
weave (one attached to blue silk), each composed of two
frs. sewn together. Pattern, very stylized grotesque beasts
in red cream and buff on yellow ground ; drawing very
angular. In one a dragon regardant is repeated without
any interval, its cream and buff tail streaming forward
above its red body.
In the other a winged lion with three cream straight
claws in each forefoot presents the soles of these feet
directly forward. The two hind feet are on ground, which
is represented by stepped wavy line of three bands, red,
buff, red alternating with yellow, cream, yellow.
The red and yellow are in bands across fabric ; head,
forelegs, and section of ground, red and cream. Wings
(curved forward), neck, part of body, and section of ground,
yellow and cream. Hind legs, rear of body, tail, and section
of ground red and cream. These panels perhaps represent
shoulder-straps. Panels 4⅛″×2⅛″. Blue silk 6″×10″.
Pl. XXXVI.

Ast. vi. 2. 05. Wooden fig. of man ; very rough clumsy
work. Armless, with shoulders cut flat and painted over as
in Ast. vi. 1. 014, &c. Lower part chopped away in middle
to height of 1⅜″, to form rude stumps of legs which are
painted black. Above, wears vermilion coat with black
borders and belt. Groove cut into fig. along front of waist,
and right round fig. at bottom of coat. Features painted
coarsely black on white, much effaced. H. 8⅛″. Pl. CIV.

Ast. vi. 2. 06. Human head, man's. Shrivelled but in
fair condition. Teeth remain, and black hair done in knot
at corner of head ; also remains of scanty moustache and