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PLA TE CVI. CONTINUED.
like that of a pelican (without the pouch beneath). It would seem that this bird is intended to
be represented with two pairs of wings. The smaller wing on the nearer side is closed ; of the
larger pair, one wing is stretched on high, the other below; roughly fashioned like the wings of
some Assyrian deities ; but the feathers differently wrought. The lighter portions of both
wings, perhaps of the tail also, were colored red. The bird has a crest, at first recurved, and
then curved forward in a spiral. Its head comes under the upper flower of the branch above
mentioned ; its beak over the smaller and lower flower. Behind the bird is an antlered stag,
grazing; its head, all but one antler, concealed behind the large down-stretched wing of the
bird. On its shoulder and flank are Assyrian-like rosettes, the alternate petals of each colored
red, and a dark brown ring plainly visible about the outermost light ring, although against a
brown background. On the side, between two sets of red and brown lines, some light markings
that may have imitated cuneiform script. Tail, a brown outline. The wing that is visible pro-
ceeds from the side next the spectator, as can plainly be seen on the object by the darker brown
strokes, and the remnants of red, on the brown ground. The part shaded with finer lines seems
to have been once colored red. From the shoulders springs a branch with two pairs of leaves ;
one pair lanceolate, the other obovate ; and a great flower above, little different from the others ;
its outline more abruptly flaring and bell-shaped. On the right hand side (No. 858), a bird
similar to that already described, and in like position and attitude ; the red color still plainly
discernible in the lighter portions of wings and tail. Behind it a stag, in motion like the other,
but with very thick neck, raised high, and bent around so that the head looks backward. It has
no antlers, but a beard like a goat's. The wing (probably on the side away from the spectator)
is shorter, smaller, and not raised so high. The imitation of an inscription on the side is in a
light rectangle. From the band about the base of the neck of the vase depend, on either side,
near the extremities of the great flower beneath the spout, small rectangles in brown with
transverse decorations like those first mentioned on the main stem near its base.
Broken in many places, and reset. Some small pieces still missing.
859, 860. Opposite sides of the same object. Red ware, exterior now gray. Height,
~g]/2 inches. Found at Golgoi (?) or Citium.
like that of a pelican (without the pouch beneath). It would seem that this bird is intended to
be represented with two pairs of wings. The smaller wing on the nearer side is closed ; of the
larger pair, one wing is stretched on high, the other below; roughly fashioned like the wings of
some Assyrian deities ; but the feathers differently wrought. The lighter portions of both
wings, perhaps of the tail also, were colored red. The bird has a crest, at first recurved, and
then curved forward in a spiral. Its head comes under the upper flower of the branch above
mentioned ; its beak over the smaller and lower flower. Behind the bird is an antlered stag,
grazing; its head, all but one antler, concealed behind the large down-stretched wing of the
bird. On its shoulder and flank are Assyrian-like rosettes, the alternate petals of each colored
red, and a dark brown ring plainly visible about the outermost light ring, although against a
brown background. On the side, between two sets of red and brown lines, some light markings
that may have imitated cuneiform script. Tail, a brown outline. The wing that is visible pro-
ceeds from the side next the spectator, as can plainly be seen on the object by the darker brown
strokes, and the remnants of red, on the brown ground. The part shaded with finer lines seems
to have been once colored red. From the shoulders springs a branch with two pairs of leaves ;
one pair lanceolate, the other obovate ; and a great flower above, little different from the others ;
its outline more abruptly flaring and bell-shaped. On the right hand side (No. 858), a bird
similar to that already described, and in like position and attitude ; the red color still plainly
discernible in the lighter portions of wings and tail. Behind it a stag, in motion like the other,
but with very thick neck, raised high, and bent around so that the head looks backward. It has
no antlers, but a beard like a goat's. The wing (probably on the side away from the spectator)
is shorter, smaller, and not raised so high. The imitation of an inscription on the side is in a
light rectangle. From the band about the base of the neck of the vase depend, on either side,
near the extremities of the great flower beneath the spout, small rectangles in brown with
transverse decorations like those first mentioned on the main stem near its base.
Broken in many places, and reset. Some small pieces still missing.
859, 860. Opposite sides of the same object. Red ware, exterior now gray. Height,
~g]/2 inches. Found at Golgoi (?) or Citium.