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Highly finished water vessels (kalagedt) are made at Kelaniya, 
and on these the incised decoration reaches its highest level of design 
Text fig. V. 

DECORATION OF A KAnacepiya. (From Kelaniya.) 
and execution. “Text figure V. shows part of the incised ornament 
on sueh a pot. The remarkably Greek appearance of this design will 
be remarked ; this is a subject which I shall deal with in greater 
detail elsewhere.* The Kelani pottery is much appreciated, and as 
already stated travels far and wide. There is also made a great 
variety of grotesque animals, toys, money boxes, &c., which hardly 
call for further notice on the present occasion. 
The most beautiful decoration however is put on with wooden 
stamps (achchu), which are of varied form. The simplest are merely 
Text fig. VI. 
PT 
mee De me eae | | 
WE =o 
Oa a de, Ba La Ds Oa tr, is eX. 
Rox Ge ea 
2XADBRAARA AD 
DEcoRATION oF KanAcept. (From Kolonna Keérale.) 
blunt wooden chisels with which simple various arrangements of lines 
are formed, as in text figure VI. taken from two pots at Kolonnawa ; 
* Journal, C. B., R. A. S., 1906. 


