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mist;" Fig. 143 is labeled "hydra (ch'ih) -shaped girdle-pendant of green 

 jade with russet speckles." All three are flat plaques, showing the mon- 



Fig. 142. 

 Dragon-Shaped Girdle-Pendant of White Jade with Russet Spots. 



Fig. 143. 

 Hydra-Shaped Girdle-Pendant of Green Jade with Russet Spots. 



sters freely carved in sharp outlines. All three have that peculiar 

 feature in common that the head of a bird is attached to the ends of 

 the monsters, in Figs. 142 and 143 to the right-hand sides; in Fig. 144-; 



