Fig. 213. Large vase of fine shape and simple decorations. From De Zeltner—about ¼.
I must not close this section without referring to some fine vases that belong apparently to this group and which were collected
by De Zeltner and illustrated by photographs accompanying his pamphlet. They are now, I believe, in the possession of Prof. O. C. Marsh. The sketches given herewith are copied from De Zeltner’s photographs and are probably somewhat defective in details of drawing. The piece illustrated in Fig. 213 is not described by the author, but is evidently a handsome vessel and is decorated in a very simple manner. A band of devices symbolizing the body of an animal encircles the middle portion of the vase. The height is about a foot.
Fig. 214. Vase with extraordinary decorative designs. From De Zeltner—about ¼.
A second piece (Fig. 214), of which two views are given by the same author, corresponds closely in many respects with the vase illustrated in [Fig. 211] and is described in the following language:
My collection includes a cup (or chalice) of baked clay 25 centimeters in diameter, mounted on a hollow stand which gives it a height of 18 centimeters, and the designs of which are very rich and in perfect taste. The base is hollow and colored red, white, black, and purple; it has four narrow openings or slits, and the design represents plaits spirally arranged. The under side of the cup is divided into four compartments, each of which incloses a dragon painted in black and red on a white ground; the borders are sometimes red, sometimes purple. The body of the dragon might have been painted in China, so neat and intricate is the drawing.