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PLATES CIV., CV. CONTINUED.
and another zigzag band crosses at the bottom. The next handle is that shown at centre of
Plate CV., where both birds are picking food from the ground j two rosettes appear in the upper
division, and three in the lower; a band of large dots occurs just above the top band of lines
visible on the plate ; zigzags in the middle band, but neither dots nor zigzags in the lowest.
The fourth, or last, handle differs from all the others ; having, in place of the horses and birds,
eight-pointed foliate patterns, like those in the zone above the handles, with a small circle between
each two points. Between these the space is wider than on the figure-divisions of the other
handles, and is occupied by two diagonals ; the angles vertically opposite being occupied with
small circles, those horizontally opposite by nests of angles formed by lines parallel to the two
diagonals. Close at each side of each handle is an ornament of two sets of vertical lines, extend-
ing from top to bottom of the zone, and between each two sets a vertical line of latticed diamonds,
the angles between them on each side occupied by a very small circle. The four parts into which
the handles divide the zone are occupied each by the same general design, yet with minor
variations. Above, separated from the lower part by horizontal triple lines, a wide crenelated
figure, shaded by parallel oblique strokes. The lower part is divided into three divisions or
compartments, separated by bars of sets of vertical lines with a close zigzag between ; the side
■compartments having like decoration or ceiling above. In the central compartment is a branching,
leafy tree, on which, at each side, two deer stand feeding, each with one foreleg raised against
the tree ; the doe on the left suckles a fawn ; in each of the top corners is a reclining fawn
(evidently intended to be in the background, but actual perspective is wanting) ; a number of
rosettes of dots, and a diamond with diagonals, also are seen. The side compartments show
each a standing horse, fastened by a halter to a manger-like projection on the side of the com-
partment next the central one, from which projection a line with pinnate downward oblique strokes
hangs to the bottom of the compartment. Beneath the horse is a bird, of the kind previously
described, with a rosette of dots above and one below it. From the ceiling hangs a thick line, with
a horizontal figure at its lower end, the whole looking like an immense bipennis, or perhaps a
beetle or mallet, with head enlarged at the ends, and an ornament, usually a rosette of dots,
above each end of the mallet-head. The chief differences are as follows : In the central com-
and another zigzag band crosses at the bottom. The next handle is that shown at centre of
Plate CV., where both birds are picking food from the ground j two rosettes appear in the upper
division, and three in the lower; a band of large dots occurs just above the top band of lines
visible on the plate ; zigzags in the middle band, but neither dots nor zigzags in the lowest.
The fourth, or last, handle differs from all the others ; having, in place of the horses and birds,
eight-pointed foliate patterns, like those in the zone above the handles, with a small circle between
each two points. Between these the space is wider than on the figure-divisions of the other
handles, and is occupied by two diagonals ; the angles vertically opposite being occupied with
small circles, those horizontally opposite by nests of angles formed by lines parallel to the two
diagonals. Close at each side of each handle is an ornament of two sets of vertical lines, extend-
ing from top to bottom of the zone, and between each two sets a vertical line of latticed diamonds,
the angles between them on each side occupied by a very small circle. The four parts into which
the handles divide the zone are occupied each by the same general design, yet with minor
variations. Above, separated from the lower part by horizontal triple lines, a wide crenelated
figure, shaded by parallel oblique strokes. The lower part is divided into three divisions or
compartments, separated by bars of sets of vertical lines with a close zigzag between ; the side
■compartments having like decoration or ceiling above. In the central compartment is a branching,
leafy tree, on which, at each side, two deer stand feeding, each with one foreleg raised against
the tree ; the doe on the left suckles a fawn ; in each of the top corners is a reclining fawn
(evidently intended to be in the background, but actual perspective is wanting) ; a number of
rosettes of dots, and a diamond with diagonals, also are seen. The side compartments show
each a standing horse, fastened by a halter to a manger-like projection on the side of the com-
partment next the central one, from which projection a line with pinnate downward oblique strokes
hangs to the bottom of the compartment. Beneath the horse is a bird, of the kind previously
described, with a rosette of dots above and one below it. From the ceiling hangs a thick line, with
a horizontal figure at its lower end, the whole looking like an immense bipennis, or perhaps a
beetle or mallet, with head enlarged at the ends, and an ornament, usually a rosette of dots,
above each end of the mallet-head. The chief differences are as follows : In the central com-