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top of head. Cheeks, forehead, bulge between eyes, and
corners of mouth, all creased with heavy wrinkles.

Face generally painted dark brown ; with green and
black moustaches and tuft on chin (painted only) and
heavy green eyebrows (moulded and painted) ; inner side
of lips red ; eyeballs white ; socket and pupil of eyes
black ; ears pink inside, and outer rim light blue spotted
with black, continued down to neck ; furrowed hair of
peak and back of head dark red.

Tip of peak broken off, and straw core protruding ;
otherwise good condition. For similar head, see Ast. x.
1. 09. H. 9″. Pl. CI.

Ast. vii. 2. 04. Clay head of snake, outstretched.
Flattened snout, round eyes, and small back-lying ears.
Painted red over white with black lattice-work to represent
scales ; and white underneath. Straw core. Broken off at
neck end. Length 3⅛″, gr. width 1″. Pl. CIII.

Ast. vii. 2. 05. Clay horse, as Ast. iii. 2. 014, Pl. XCIX,
&c. Body better modelled, but in bad condition and all
legs lost. Head and face extant, but most of face broken
away. Painted light blue, with black saddle and Numdah,
white bordered, and black harness. Group of hanging
straps on each side of saddle. Brown tassels hang from
breast-band and crupper. Clay tail, broken off. Rider
perhaps Ast. vii. 2. 011, Pl. CII, but does not seem quite
to fit saddle. Length 9¼″, h. extant c. 6″. Pl. C.

Ast. vii. 2. 06. Clay horse, as Ast. iii. 2. 014, Pl. XCIX,
&c., painted maroon. Very strong build, and well modelled
except for stiff thick-set legs. Fetlocks white, hooves
black, saddle and trappings, as in vii. 2. 05, black and
white. Lower half of face, and clay tail lost ; L. hind leg
broken off but preserved. H. 11″. Pl. C.

Ast. vii. 2. 07. Clay horse, as Ast. iii. 2. 014, Pl. XCIX,
etc. Rider evidently was vii. 2. 09, Pl. XCIX. Painted
terra-cotta, with leopard-skin saddle on white Numdah, and
black harness and tassels. Small horsehair tail, tied in
knot. Most of face lost, and all legs except R. foreleg,
which is, however, broken off. Stick core of L. hind leg
also remains. H. (without leg) 4⅜″, length 11⅓″.

Ast. vii. 2. 08. Packed bundle of clay, from back of
pack-horse. Long bolster-shape, curved to fit over saddle.
Painted white, and neatly tied with blue ropes. Length
across ends (inside) 4″, width c. 1⅓″. Pl. CI.

Ast. vii. 2. 09. Clay man rider, as Ast. iii. 2. 012, Pl. CII,
&c. ; belonged to horse vii. 2. 07. L. arm lost below middle
of upper arm, and R. leg below knee. Remainder of limbs
preserved but broken from body. R. arm slightly out and
bent up from elbow, hand clasping fr. of twig painted
black. Slightly corpulent, but very erect.

Light blue coat with white border and black boots ;
white stirrups and stirrup-leathers. Features 'Mongolian'
with high cheek-bones. Hair black, with straight lock
hanging before ear ; black cap with high cleft-lobed crown

curving over to front. Face painted white ; eyebrows,
eyes, moustaches, and small beard black ; mouth red.
H. c. 9⅛″. Pl. XCIX.

Ast. vii. 2. 010. Two clay arms, about same size as
from rider figs., broken off in middle of upper arm, and
joined to each other by long black fibre string tied round
wrists. Both are R. arms ; one in blue sleeve (but not
belonging to rider vii. 2. 09), the other in yellow, and bent
at elbows. Hands perfunctory, apparently clenched, with
unpainted surface on under-side, where they apparently
touched some other object. Length 2⅓″ and 2⅓″, of string
2′ 3″.

Ast. vii. 2. 011. Clay rider, as Ast. iii. 2. 012, Pl. CII, &c. ;
perhaps from horse Ast. vii. 2. 05, Pl. C. R. foot lost, and
L. leg. Was evidently playing on pipe (now lost), as mouth
is rounded and open, with downward hollow on lower
lip where pipe rested. Hands are held out in front of
breast one below other, with fingers on top as though
playing on stops ; thumbs stuck out below for supporting
pipe.

White coat with black belt, and black boots. Face
round and smooth, painted flesh colour ; surface mostly
gone on L. side. Head covered prob. with close-fitting
skull-cap, or else smooth black hair. No moustache or
beard. H. 9⅛″. Pl. CII.

Ast. vii. 2. 012. Legs of clay rider, as Ast. iii. 2. 012,
Pl. CII, &c. Clad in pea-green coat with divided tails
wrapped about legs, white breeches showing underneath,
and black boots. Yellow stirrups and stirrup-leathers.
H. 4⅛″, width between feet 5″. Pl. C.

Ast. vii. 2. 013. Wooden model of weapon, in sheath (?).
Wooden baton, plano-convex in section, widening towards
one end, and with handle-like other end cut down in slight
collar 3⅓″ from extremity. Whole of handle-end painted
pea green (except on back) ; other end also green to
length of 1″.

Remainder painted black, with hunting scene in buff
detailed with black on front (convex) side. This represents
rider galloping to L. and turning round to discharge arrow
at leopard which bounds in pursuit. Much paint rubbed off.
Wooden peg driven through from front to back immediately
below green 'handle' end ; head flush with surface and
painted black. Length 1 5⅛″, width 1 3⁄10″ to 2 1⁄10″, gr.
thickness 1 1⁄10″. Pl. CII.

Ast. vii. 2. 014. Square piece of board, ruled with 21
black lines in one direction and 18 at right angles to first,
dividing the surfaces into squares. Placed on corners of
squares are a number of black dots proceeding in an
irregular diagonal direction from one corner, and a number
of white dots proceeding from other corner. Prob. some
kind of game. [Prob. wei-ch'i, the 'surrounding game'
of checkers.—Dr. L. Giles.] 4⅛″×4⅛″. Pl. XCIV.

Ast. vii. 2. 016. Millet from sepulchral deposit.