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ANCIENT ART OF THE PROVINCE OF CHIRIgUI. 



voimd bases, with annular stands, and Vv'ith tripods, and lil'e forms 

 wliolly unique. Perhaps the most iisiial form is that shown in Fig. 

 154, which represents a small cup with incurved rim and a narrow 

 annular base. The shoulder is embellished with three groups of 

 small nodes, of four each, which refer to some animal form. In other 

 suuiUtr vases the form of the creature is given in more realistic guise. 

 A larger vase, similar to this in most respects, has a rouniled contour 

 and incurved lip. The periphery is supplied with four plain nodes. 

 Another, shown in Fig. 155, has a wide recurved rim, a character 

 seen lo iMjaally g(_>od advantage in some of the following figures. In 



Fro. Ku. Hiiiulsonie \ 1st sujiiku ted by three Kfotestjiie figures — ?. 



vase rci)n'si'iit( d m Fig. 15fi the treatment of animal forms 

 tioii willi llic liody ot the vessel is shown to good advantage. 



