Feb., 1912. 



Jade. 



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adjoining the upper and right-hand edges, — and for the bold and 

 unconventional treatment of the design expressed in the wooing of the 

 two happy creatures, — the one biting the tail of the other. 1 It is 



a Fig. 140. b 



Jade Girdle-Pendant, Upper and Lower Faces, Playing Hydras (from Ku yii t'u P'u). 



Fig. 141 



Jade Girdle-Pendant, Upper and Lower Faces, Playing Hydras (from Ku yii t'u p'u). 



evident that the "loveplay of nature" is brought out with supreme 

 volition in these designs as well as in those of the paired fishes and 



J The Chinese comment tersely utters the two words kiao yu, "they get ready 

 for cohabitation." 



