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and they would form nearly half the bowl — I should imagine the 

 bowl to have been somewhere about 22 cm. in diameter, with a 

 depth of about 3 cm. It is as nearly as possible the color of terra- 

 cotta, about 5 mm. thick, on the average, and is enameled a bluish 

 color on both sides. The enamel has very much cracked, as if it 

 had been fired too much or from some other cause. I can venture 

 to give no name to it, as I have seen nothing of the sort before. As 

 I have yet to go a considerable depth below where these interesting 



Fig. 13. — -Piece of Nankin china bowl ; a, outside ; b, inside. Two-thirds 



natural size. 



pieces were found, I hope I may be lucky enough to find some of the 

 remaining pieces (fig. 13). 



Almost in the same place and at precisely the same level, I came 

 upon a very fine piece of a Nankin china bowl. The bowl must 

 have stood about 11 cm. high, with a diameter of 17 or 20 cm. It 

 is beautifully marked, the glaze is perfect, and the coloring very 

 fine. I may be lucky enough to come upon other portions of the 

 bowl later on. Another piece of pale-green thick glass, about 4cm. 

 square, was found in the same place, and from its shape I judge it 

 to be a portion of a bowl ; also a small iron ring, or bangle, was 

 found about the same spot. Also another piece of that colored 

 glass, an exact copy of which is here given (fig. 14). It also has 

 that silvery covering on it, and it makes one wonder whether such 

 glass could have formed some portion of a sacred lamp or something 

 of that sort. 



