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ANCIENT ART 



'KOVINCE OF CHlKiyUl 



;. iiivcitiMl. \vitli wide open mouths and glar- 

 dii 111 is \,-isi' is very superior. 

 ■iiiicii illiisti-ated in Fig. 101 is furnished 

 Two rudely modeled, semihuman, grotesque 



figiires are affixed to the under surface of the bowl, supporting it 



with their hacks. 



legs are groti'S(|\ii 

 ing eyes. Tin- \\ 

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 with unique supports. 



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The legs of these hguii -, ait ^[)iead out horizontally, so that a firm 

 support is obtained The peii])heiy of the body of this vessel is en- 

 circled by a number v^t n<jdco and nodcJ pi ejections, which represent 

 the heads, tails, and spines of two crab-like animals. The heads, 

 with arms attached, appear at the right and left, and the tails occur 

 at the front and back just over the heads of the supporting figures. 

 The use of the crab in this way is quite common. Fish, birds, and 

 a variety of quadrupeds are similarly treated. Some very interesting 



Fig. 102. Cup with two animal heads attached to the sides —j-. 



Fig. 103. Cup mth two animal heads attached to the sides — J. 



examples of double headed animal vases are fotmd. Two of these are 

 outlined in Figs. 102 and 103, the first having a single orifice and the 



