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nodes, about which the scroll-like decorations of the upper surface are 

 coiled. We see by this that in the mind of the potter a correlation 

 existed between the plastic and the painted devices even in these con- 

 \entional decorations. The second illustration represents a neatly 

 iinished bottle, with upright sides and conical base, uj^on the shoulder 

 of which minute animal figvires are perched. The painted design is 

 nearly oliliterated. The third example is unique. The sides are iip- 

 right and the Tiottom is flat. The ornament occui)ies the entire sur- 

 lace and is ilividcd into twi) sections (ir zones by a red band about the 

 mi.ldle. 



Complex and ci>iiii)nund foi'ms are comparatively rare. A double 

 vessel is shown in Fig. lS(j, and a secoiid, varying somewhat from the 



first in simile ami ornamentation, is piesenttd m t lit mm ( ceding figure. 

 Vessels of tills formal ealwa>s small but an m ith ( instructe(l and 

 finished with much caie Tin sri lu h nidh ^ ii in i n- less arched 

 and connect the innei mai gins 1 tl t\ li] Ih 1 lii's nf the twin 

 cups are closely joined but tin t\\ uiiintmtuts m nut cuniiected. 



It seems impossible to present a satisfactory series of the jilastic 

 features cliainiteristic of this group of products without extending 

 thispiipei- iiii.idinately. Handles, legs, and life forms are varied and 

 interesting: tliey are not so boldly treated, however, as in some of the 



