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Dr. Hoernle —Antiquities from Central Asia. [Extra No. 1, 
Section IV.—POTTERY, TERRACOTTAS, MISCELLANEOUS 
OBJECTS. 
In the description of the objects dealt with in this Section, I mnst 
limit myself to a simple classification and explanation of the illustra¬ 
tive Plates VIII-XIII. There is one point, however, which has struck 
me, and which I should like to point out: the very curious analogies to 
objects of Greek art of an early date. They will be referred to in con¬ 
nection with each Plate. I only state the facts, as noticed by me. 
What conclusions they may justify, I must leave to experts to determine. 
Plate VIII. 
In this Plate fragments of a kind of decorated jar are shown. Its 
probable appearance, when complete, is shown in the Frontispiece of 
Part I, which is reconstructed from the fragments Nos. 1, 2, 7, 8, 14. 
At the time when this was prepared, in 1899, the only uncertain point 
was whether or not the jar was furnished with a foot. From various 
indications I came to the conclusion that it probably had no foot, but 
resembled in shape the well-known round-bottomed Indian ghara, (Sans¬ 
krit ghata), of which a plain miniature specimen is shown in No. 5. In 
the meantime figures of two much better preserved specimens have been 
published by Dr. Sven Hedin in his Burch Asiens Wusten , vol. II, p. 43. 
These show that the jar in question was more probably furnished with 
a foot, and possessed the shape shown in Woodcut No. IV, 1. With 
this exception, the re-construction, is substantially correct. A revised 
No. IV. 
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