FORMS OF VESSELS. 



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forms are shown in Fig. 47, a and h, and compound forms in Fig. 4S, 

 a and h. Examples of these classes are numeroiis and important. 



Fig. 4(i. Fundamental forms of vases — angular outlines. 



The compound shapes result from the vmion of two or more simple 

 forms. Eccentric forms are numerous and result in a majority t^f 

 cases from the employment of some animal as a model. Thus, if an 



Fig. 47. Vases of complex outlines— exceptional forms. 



alligator or almost any quadruped is embodied in the vessel, the form 

 tends to become elongated; if a crab or a fish is imitated, there is a 

 tendency to flatness &c. The base is almost universally more or less 



of compound fi 



conical, is rarely flat, and never concave, excepting as the resiilt of 

 the addition of an annular foot or stand. The radical shapes do not 



imdf 

 and 



Fig. 4i). Square lipped vessel. 



,' considerable change when rims, necks, handles, legs, 

 plieiidagt's are added. The rim (ir liji is in many cases 

 it as a rule it is tiiriiiMl milward. Tlic inar-in is plain. 



