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red, on a white slip (Brit. Mus. Cat. Terracottas p. 83 no. B 72 fig. I7=my fig. 169
(scale i), O. Keller Die antike Tierwelt Leipzig 1913 ii. 404 fig. 125). Another, in my
possession, is a child's rattle and by means of a pellet within makes a noise more or less
resembling that of its original (fig. 170: scale \). A ptiiale mesomphalos by the potter

Fig. 169.

Sotades, now at Boston, has perched upon its central boss a most life-HUe titt** gg,
terra cotta (W. Froehner Collection van Branteghem Bruxelles 1892 no. 159 %^\&
H. B. Walters History of Ancient Pottery London 1905 i. 445 pi. 40, c, Per jjgazl&J'
Hist.de TArt x. 722 fig. 395, Hoppin Red-fig. Vases ii. 428 no. 1 fig., J- \yas th>5
Attic red-figured Vases in American Museums Cambridge Mass. 1918 p- I29l4
prophylaxis or a practical joke?