Plate XL 



Series of vases combining plastic and painted decoration. 

 Alligator ware. Pages 139, 140. 



Figure a. — Tripod vase with shoulder ornaments representing the animal head and 

 tail in the round, also with painted figures of the alligator on each 

 side. 1 / 2 



Figure b. — Tripod in which both plastic and painted ornaments are probably 

 referable to the alligator. 1 / 2 



Figure c. — Small tripod illustrating the combination of relief and painted dec- 

 oration, '/a 



Figure d. — Vase with plastic shoulder ornaments, the panel designs being the 

 scale-group motive. 1 / 2 



Figure e. — Small tripod in which the painted ornament supplements the plastic. 1 /, 



Figure /. — Compound tripod with a series of alligator motives about the two 

 rims. l L 



