. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . F PLATE LXXXVI. Mortuary Pottery. (Upper line, commencing at the left.) Fig. 1. Earthen Vase on a Stand. Gray earthen ware; unglazed. The bodyof the vessel is ornamented with light grooved parallel lines made witha comb. The shoulder is covered with a scale pattern of light incisedlines made with a comb. Height, 6f inches; diameter, 3| inches. ( 94520-1, U. S. N. M. Nara, Japan.) Fig. 2. Earthen Oil Bottle. Terra cotta ware; glazed dark brown. It is orna-mented with two grooved lines where the neck springs from the


. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution . F PLATE LXXXVI. Mortuary Pottery. (Upper line, commencing at the left.) Fig. 1. Earthen Vase on a Stand. Gray earthen ware; unglazed. The bodyof the vessel is ornamented with light grooved parallel lines made witha comb. The shoulder is covered with a scale pattern of light incisedlines made with a comb. Height, 6f inches; diameter, 3| inches. ( 94520-1, U. S. N. M. Nara, Japan.) Fig. 2. Earthen Oil Bottle. Terra cotta ware; glazed dark brown. It is orna-mented with two grooved lines where the neck springs from the body, anda beaded molding around the middle of the neck. The glaze is wiped offin wide curved lines and dashes from the shoulder. Height, 15 inches;diameter, 7^ inches. (Cat. No. 94519, U. S. N. M. Torai, Korea.) Fig. 3. Earthen Bottle. Terra cotta ware; unglazed. The lower part of thebody appears to have been pared with a knife. Height, 3f inches; diam-eter, 3i mches. (Cat. No. 94520-2, U. S. N. M. Nara, Japan.) Report of National Museum, 1888.—Jouy. PLATE


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