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medley of leaves, flowers, whirling four-pointed stars,
roundels, &c.

The centre mass has a faint resemblance to a poodle's
face, with long dropping ears (leaves). This may be
intentional, as it is outlined as a mass with a dark-brown
line. Shaded work is the rule, and the stitch a fine chain.
Size over all 13″×8½″. Embroidered panels 4⅜″×2⅜″.
A second fr. of the blue silk with white spots. 7⅛″×8⅜″.
Pl. LXXVIII.

Ast. vi. 3. 08. Fr. of silk waste. Padding from grave-
clothes.

Ast. vi. 3. 09. Fr. of fine open silk muslin, resembling
modern fan 'gauze' or bolting. Pale buff. Piece as folded
7″×7″. Very brittle.

Ast. vi. 3. 010. Wooden food tray, roughly made shallow
oblong, with rounded corners and broad fish-tail handles ;
cf. Ast. 01. No lacquer. Rev. two Chin. chars. A X
scratched near one edge. 21⅜″×13⅛″×1⅜″. Pl. XCI.

Ast. vi. 3. 011. Circular, turned wooden box, of similar
shape to Ast. vi. 4. 024, lacquered on outside black, on which
a band of spiral wave scroll in dark pink with orange high
lights. A node projects from front and back of each spiral,
giving it a Chinese character. Above, a narrower band of
circles bordered by dark pink lines outlined orange. Split
and thin ; collar partly broken away. Diam. 5⅛″, height
2¼″. Pl. XCIV.

Ast. vi. 3. 012. Pair of silk and canvas shoes, small
size. Both uppers and soles made of double layer of strong
buff canvas, and uppers covered with plain purple silk.
Soles and uppers have separated owing to decay of thread.
Length 8″, gr. width 2¼″.

Ast. vi. 3. 013, 014. Pair of paper shoes, painted black
outside. 10⅜″×3⅜″. Pl. XCIII.

Ast. vi. 3. 015. Piece of wood, spatulate at one end,
tapering and round towards other where it is curved.
Brown at narrow end ; painted black. 6⅜″×1″×⅛″.

Ast. vi. 3. 016. Forelegs of wooden horse, with re-
mains of dark paint with buff over. Hoofs black, and black
lines up centre of front crossed with short lines. Glue at
top section. 5⅛″×1⅜″. Pl. CIV.

Ast. vi. 3. 017. Wooden boat-shaped food bowl, with
horizontal lugs for handles ; no paint or lacquer remaining.
Knife-cuts on bottom. Remains of food inside. Well
made. For lacquered example, see Ast. ii. 2. 021. Length
7⅜″, width 5⅜″, height 3′. Pl. XCI.

Ast. vi. 3. 018. Rough bun-shaped object, of coarse
dough (?) ; very friable. Diam. 3⅜″, thickness about 1⅜″.

Ast. vi. 3. 019. Pair of silk cuffs, separately cut from
ends of sleeves. Made of double layer of strong buff
canvas, lined with buff silk, padded outside to half their
length with silk waste and covered with plain purple silk ;
latter much decayed. Length 6″, width 4½″ to 5″.

Ast. vi. 3. 020. Pottery jar ; grey body ; tall straight
shape, widest at flat base and drawing in to narrow plain

mouth. Outside marked with faint annular grooves.
Filled inside with fine powdered grain (?). H. 8″, diam. of
base 5⅜″, mouth 3⅜″. Pl. XC.

Ast. vi. 3. 021. Millet from jar Ast. vi. 3. 020.

Ast. vi. 4. 01. Silk tapestry woven shoe, woven to
shape. Pattern of sides and back is in three horizontal
bands divided into oblong panels, each panel containing a
standing goose with wings extended. Top and bottom
bands pale blue and buff. Middle red and buff. Colours
of ground and bird in each panel counterchange alternately,
in their respective band colours.

Vertically the order is, a yellow bird in all three alternat-
ing with a red bird between two blue birds. In each panel
in R. and L. lower corners, a dot and a ring respectively
(sun and moon ?). Narrow bands of dull and light buff with
counterchange spot pattern divide the panels horizontally.

At the toe (mostly missing) red, buff, and blue bands,
with small Chinese characters in counterchange, are mitred
into sides, but woven in one piece with other part. Upper
edge red, neatly turned over and sewn.

Lining, strong canvas in one piece woven to shape. Sole,
thick coiled cord. Very good work. As usual with these
shoes, the warp is of vegetable fibre and has perished.
Colours bright. Sole 9⅛″×3⅜″. Height 1⅜″. Pl. XCIII.

Ast. vi. 4. 02. Lacquered wooden plate, brown, with
plain rim thickened at extreme edge and set at angle of
c. 160° with bottom. Wood, thin, coated with canvas,
with strip of cane round edge for strength. Over canvas,
lacquer. Inside a mass of faint knife-cuts. Diam. 7⅛″.
Depth, external, ⅜″.

Ast. vi. 4. 03-4. Pair of wooden figs. of women-
servants (?), standing with hands folded in sleeves on
stomach ; lower part of frs. cut in solid octagonal block
widening towards foot. Dressed alike in long skirts striped
vertically red and emerald green, and half-length black
jackets with red borders, crossed over breast and showing
high-necked striped vest, yellow, red, and green, in V and
at neck. Cuffs on arm in broad bands of white, red, and
green. Jacket of 03 and skirt of 04 orn. with sprinkled
white rings ; and other garment of each orn. with rosettes
formed of similar ring surrounded by white dots.

Hair black, with straight lock in front of ear, and top-
knot on crown of head (triple in 04) sloping backwards.
Bead and tassel orn. in yellow, white, and red in front of
topknot.

Straight features, painted not carved, with white skin,
red lips, red spots on cheeks and forehead, and red line
round base of hair. Eyebrows, a double arch of black and
green. Rather rough work ; good condition ; cf. Ast. vi.
1. 010. H. (03) 8⅜″, (04) 10⅜″. Pl. CIV.

Ast. vi. 4. 05. Wooden fig. of man, very rudely cut.
No neck, no arms, but shoulders cut like very blunt arms
of cross and painted over at ends. Body a mere block,
widening towards ground ; the lower part having middle
third cut away to height of 3″ to make rough legs. No feet.

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