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Brilliant
foliate
decora-
tion on
incense-
burner
typically
L. M. II.
Striated
reed
I0I2 INCENSE-BURNERS WITH UNFIXED COLOURS
the later burial within the rock vault, the smaller (Fig. 902 top) shows
apparently of floral designs > on the white ground wash of its exterior.
traces
Fig. 962. Incense-burners with Polychrome Decoration : on Floor of
Rock Chamber beside Pit. (c. -|)
The larger and more stately example (Fig. 962 below), which was about 6
inches (15 centimetres) in height, displayed at the time of the discover)-, both
inside and out, a scheme of foliate decoration, the brilliant hues of which,
as taken down by me in colours at the time of the discovery are reproduced
in the Coloured Plate XXXV, though they have since a good deal faded.
It will be seen that the sprays, here repeated in brilliant tints of blue,
yellow, and verm.lion, reproduce the characteristic striated reed foliao-e that
96o bS' r0Sette'Uke fl°WerS may ^ madC °Ut (C°—"e the *»* W with butterfly, Fig.
foliate
decora-
tion on
incense-
burner
typically
L. M. II.
Striated
reed
I0I2 INCENSE-BURNERS WITH UNFIXED COLOURS
the later burial within the rock vault, the smaller (Fig. 902 top) shows
apparently of floral designs > on the white ground wash of its exterior.
traces
Fig. 962. Incense-burners with Polychrome Decoration : on Floor of
Rock Chamber beside Pit. (c. -|)
The larger and more stately example (Fig. 962 below), which was about 6
inches (15 centimetres) in height, displayed at the time of the discover)-, both
inside and out, a scheme of foliate decoration, the brilliant hues of which,
as taken down by me in colours at the time of the discovery are reproduced
in the Coloured Plate XXXV, though they have since a good deal faded.
It will be seen that the sprays, here repeated in brilliant tints of blue,
yellow, and verm.lion, reproduce the characteristic striated reed foliao-e that
96o bS' r0Sette'Uke fl°WerS may ^ madC °Ut (C°—"e the *»* W with butterfly, Fig.