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diameter ranges from three to six inches or more. Some of the 

 most beautiful vessels in the Museum are of this general shape. 



It is but rarely that one comes upon fragments of the richly 

 colored and highly finished wares characteristictic of the regions of 

 Cholula and of the South. I was fortunate in securing a few small 

 pieces. Two of these are shown in Figs. lo and ii. Their rarity 



Fig. io. — Meander design painted in rich colors. 



makes it probable that they came to this spot by trade. The first 

 shows a fine strong treatment of the fret and the other of the scroll. 



Scroll ornament painted in rich colors. 



These forms are characteristic of the best period of art in both 

 North and South America. The chief charm of this ware is its rich 

 color — an orange ground with figures in red and black, the whole 

 surface being polished like glass. 



I found no specimen exhibiting delicate green and pink decora- 

 tions such as may be seen at San Juan Teotiahuacan, and such 

 as are seen on some of the most beautiful vases in the Mexican 

 Museum. 



In the upper series of deposits indicated in the section, I found 

 a fragment of a very remarkable form of vase. It is represented by 

 a number of examples in the Mexican Museum, one of which is 



