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PLATE IV

'* Pricket candlestick " with round tray supported by a

tall stem of complicated modelling. The upper part suggests

the trunk and shoulders of a figure with folded hands ; and

below this there is a small Buddha figure in relief. The lower

part consists of a bear's head and neck resting on a rounded

pedestal. The material is a reddish pottery with green glaze,

Amuch perished and iridescent. candlestick of earthenware

is mentioned among the furniture of an Imperial tomb of the

later Han dynasty (25-220 a.d.) in a list quoted by De Groot,

Religious Systems of China, Vol. II, p. 401.

Han dynasty. H. 16".

In the possession of Mr. George Eumorfopoulos.