CHINESE VASES. 



that of the two round vases or bottles connected by a contracted 

 neck, of which figs. 25 and 26 are examples. The most usual 

 ornaments on these vases are lizards or other reptiles with a 



Fig. 25. Fig. 26. 



curved and bifurcated tail, which are represented crawling from 

 one of the vases to the other in the contracted neck, by which they 

 are connected. 



This form of vase has been seen no where on the old continent 



Fig. 27. 



except in China and in Egypt. M. Brongniart, however, notices 



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