M..T,MEs.l DKCOKATIOX OF I'dTTKKV. (in 



rise to iiiaii>- surniiscs as tn the contemporaneous existence of man 

 and the elephant in C'hiriiiui. In reality the original was ])nil)al)ly 

 some nnassuming little inhabitant of the isthmian jimgles. Tliis 

 creature is shown in profile in Fig. 55. a. and front views are given in /* 

 and c. Innumerable examples, embracing most of the more iinpor- 



diO: 



tial forms exh 



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tant animals of Cliiricpii. could be given, but in a majority of cases 

 identification is difficult or impossible, as there has been little or no 

 effort to reproduce nature with fidelity. But the chief interest sur- 

 rounding these figui'es is not found in the variety of ci'eatures shown 

 or in the character of the delineation, but in the manner of their em- 

 ployment in the embellishment of ceramic forms. The ancient pottei- 

 must have possessed a keen sense of grace of form and of the proper 

 adjustment of parts. Tlie most cultured taste could hardly improve 



illustrating: ( 



limal fi^ui 



, group, 



Upon the lines of the vases presented in Figs. 66 and 67, which employ 

 the frog, and in Figs. 68 and 69, in which other creatiires are used. 

 ]\Iany e(|ually jileasing pxam])les are illustrated further on. The 

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