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is shown in No. 9, in full size. Another miniature plain jug of exqui¬ 
site shape and make is shown in No. 40 of Plate XIX of Part I, and 
some more, of a more ornamental design, are in the same Plate, Nos. 21, 
39, 44. The same Plate has also some fine double-handled vases in 
Nos. 41, 42, 43, 45. All these are examples of miniatures. The collec¬ 
tion, apparently, contains no fragments of any similar vessel large 
enough for actual use, except perhaps the handle, shown in Plate IX, 
No. 19, which may have belonged to a real serviceable cup. But the 
absence of fragments is no proof that they may not have existed. 
All the vessels—jar, jugs, vases, cups—are made of burnt clay, 
extremely hard, with no “ glaze,” but only a “ gloss.” Their colour varies 
from a bright red to a very light red, apparently in proportion to the 
length of exposure. Some pieces (e.g., Plates X, Nos. 20, 30, 37, 43; 
XI, Nos. 20, 21; XIII, No. 27, Miniatures Nos. 47, 50) are quite whitish, 
and apparently made of a different kind of clay; for they are baked 
quite as hard as the red pieces. In one case, No. 7 in Plate IX, the 
fragment is almost black, due apparently to over-exposure ; and in this 
case, there seems also to be real glazing. One fragment, No. 1 in 
Plate X, which shows a grey colour, belonged to a vessel which ap¬ 
parently was made of a different material. None of the fragments, 
included in the Collection, shows any trace of painting or colouring. 4 
Plate IX. 
This Plate comprises a series of fragments, to illustrate the great 
variety of moulded and incised ornament. No. 1 shows the half figure 
of a Gandharva , bejewelled, holding a garland, and set in a lotus. 
This is a very common representation, as may be seen by referring to 
No. 23, also Nos. 2 and 4 of Plate VIII, and No. 2 of Plate XII. 5 No. 2 
shows a curiously dressed figure, suggesting our courtfool’s bell-attire. 
No. 3 shows a rustic en face dressed in the Indian loin-cloth ( laggotl ), and 
carrying on his head a jar, or some other load, which he steadies with 
his right hand. 6 * 8 No. 4 shows a turbaned and robed figure, playing 
on a flute (ovpiy£ povoKaXafio s) or oboe (auA os). No. 5 shows a similar 
figure, playing on a Pan’s pipe (ov/>iy£ 7roXvKaXa/j.os ) made of seven 
4 See M. F. Grenard’s observations on Dutreuil de tthin’s collection in Mission 
Scientific dans la Haute Asie 1890-1895, Part III, p. 108. 
6 A mong Dr. Sven Hedin’s fragments there is a Gandharva who is represented 
in a posture exactly similar to that of the monkeys shown in Plate X, Nos. 34 and 
35. With his right hand he holds a cup to his mouth, while his left is veretrum 
tenens. See below footnote 13. 
8 One of Dr. Sven Hedin’s fragments shows a procession of similar rustics, 
walking to left, through an arched colonnade. 
