PLATE VI 



Chinese Turquois Carvings. 



Fig. I. Flat, polished and perforated turquois of dark-blue color with black 

 strata, mined in Hu-pei Province and worked in Si-ngan fu. Cat. No. 1 16679/3. 



Figs. 2-4. Fanciful carvings of turquois, Si-ngan fu, made for Tibetan and 

 Mongol Lamas who use them as decorations on their tables, and also as paper- 

 weights, 10, 8.5, and 12 cm high, respectively. Cat. Nos. 1 16663, 1 16664, 1 16666. 



