Other domestic utensils have mostly already been described, such as are used for cooking, at meals and drinking-bouts; I shall only mention here some peculiarities of shape etc. We have noticed martevan shaped pots among the vessels placed under seats; the same sort of thing, good examples of which can be seen on
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are the large jars in which valuables are kept, more or less varied in form. Jewelpots are found on
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and especially
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where the lids are furnished with large rings as handles. There are some very large jars of valuables on
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and though only partly visible, on
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; in this last case the contents are not disclosed. Various kinds of vessels are placed together on
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and a large round one with a lid that is ornamented on
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Small basin-like dishes are used on
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little bowls
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; small round basins with a lid on
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little round pots on
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and with round stoppers
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a bottle shape,
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an ordinary gendi on
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; besides these the hermit's water jug that has already been mentioned. Vases with a spout of curious shape can be found on
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with a very bulky body,
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with a very, wide mouth,
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of extremely large size. For a teapot shape though the spout is not visible, see
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this may be just a pot without a spout. A dish in the shape of a boat we see on
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; with scalloped edge on
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tall and narrow,
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Among the standing vessels we see one withaveryfinepedestal on
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and on
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another handsome specimen with sides in a design of narrow upright leaves. The jug with a lid rather like a beermug with two handles, is quite unique on
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As for spoons, besides with the cooking pots, they can be seen on O l 9,
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in this last scene it is being used to serve from a plate with.
There are still a few uncommon objects the reliefs shew us that must be noticed; the real use of some of them is difficult to define; some attempt to do so was made in describing the separate reliefs. The contents of the tall j at on
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a stick or handle, the top part of a cylindrical object fastened by a knob and a round dish witl1 a lid, are three things that seem to belong together and perhaps have something to do with the sick child on the couch above them .There is an undefinable object being presented on
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; it seems to consist of two round dishes fastened together, each having a lid, possibly the same thing as the double cocoa-nut so popular in Java and elsewhere; nor can we identify the object with loops to be seen on
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above the hermit's waterjug, it looks like an areca-pincher, if it were not for tile little bag hanging to it, a sort of butterfly net. Large corded bales shaped like a sugar-loaf on
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and round ones on
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are put away in a store-room, evidently provisions of some sort. Not as mysteries but unique curiosities, I recall attention to the parcel tied up with cross-bands on
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and the extraordinary manner in which someone on
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is making an offering of flowers on a tray resting on a long handle.
