Studies in the decorative art of Japan . 13. The most beautiful design of this class which I have seen is fig. 11 (pi. 10),where the crested wave appears in a triple-head figure enclosed in a trefoilborder, the interstices being filled with the lines of repose taken from the wavedesign in its original form. The carving is in deep relief; the wave lines aregold on a dark blue ground, and the triple crests gold on a crimson ground. Note on the construction of fig. 2 {pi. 9). The following figure shows the principle on which the complicated wavedesign given in fig. 2 (pi. 9) is constructed, one o
Studies in the decorative art of Japan . 13. The most beautiful design of this class which I have seen is fig. 11 (pi. 10),where the crested wave appears in a triple-head figure enclosed in a trefoilborder, the interstices being filled with the lines of repose taken from the wavedesign in its original form. The carving is in deep relief; the wave lines aregold on a dark blue ground, and the triple crests gold on a crimson ground. Note on the construction of fig. 2 {pi. 9). The following figure shows the principle on which the complicated wavedesign given in fig. 2 (pi. 9) is constructed, one of the waves being given com-plete with all its tangential circles There are six inner circles, the ripples: the?centres of each being on the lower half of the vertical diameter, falling on it adistance equal to half the breadth of the distance between the tops of the twocircles, which I have called in the text the ripple-length. The lower andshaded parts of the curves rejiresent the side of the triangular grooving which isin
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