HANDLED GROUP OF WARE. 



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ble piece, witli two pairs of handles, is preseuted in Fig. 130. Gro- 

 tesque figures are attaclied to the outer surface of the loops, one in 

 each pair being placed in an inverted position. The two figures seen 



Fig. 1.35. Vase ivith handles representing strange animals--*. 



in the cut are simple, but those on the opposite pair of handles are 

 compound, being double above the waist. The faces, hands, and 

 feet of these figures are touched with red, and the lip and body of 



Fio. t3fi. Vase with two j Hi jjrolesqiie figures--}. 



the vase are decorated -\vitli taiele-^^Ix diawn stripes of red. Tu 

 another case four plain handles aie placed equidistantly about tlie 

 neck of the A'essel. 



In a third variety the loop is omitted entirely, the animal figure 

 taking its place upon the shoulder of the vase. This feature appears 



