First stage ([pl. 34], a); the outlines of one set of four leaves are drawn (lines 1-8).
Second stage ([pl. 34], b); the areas within these enclosing lines are hatched (areas I-IV). These four areas are filled in clockwise rotation.
Third stage ([pl. 34], c); the same areas (numbered V-VIII) are crosshatched, starting at the tip of each area and working towards the centre.
Fourth stage ([pl. 34], d); four more leaves are drawn between the four already made. After lines 9 and 10 are drawn, the area between them is filled with black pigment, leaving an oblique white bar, before lines 11 and 12 are placed upon the vessel. Each of the four leaves is entirely completed before the next is begun.
Fifth stage ([pl. 34], e); this consists in the placing of four lines (17-20) at the end of each of the four longer leaves. These four groups of lines are drawn upon the design in clockwise rotation.
Sixth stage ([pl. 34], f); at this point Maximiliana glanced at the drawing which the writer was making in his notes. By accident the ends of the shorter leaves had there been made more pointed than the actual painting. When she saw this, she pointed the tips of these leaves with black to make them correspond in shape to the writer’s drawing.
PLATE 33
Design by Maria Martinez
