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1903.11.0157 :: maskaron, fragment

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Moulded appliqué ornament in the form of human beings, animals or fabled creatures play an especially prominent part in the decorative schemes of more richly ornamented clay vessels. As a rule they are attached immediately below the lower junctures of the handles, i. e. on the shoulder just above the rim marking the videst circumference of the vessel, as can be verified from the portion of the vessel adhering to their back, this being always thicker behind larger specimens than behind smaller ones.

Montell har delat upp föremålen efter motiv som 'human', 'monkey' och 'lion faces' samt 'wolves´ heads'. Se Montell 1936 sid 172 ff.

"The appliqué ornament, Pl. VIII, 5, no doubt represents a male face with large moustaches, strongly curving superciliary ridges and a frontlet deorated with a large rosette. This type is somewhat rare, but is nevertheless found in other collections also. (Stein 1907, vol II, pl. XLIII (Y. 0017). Stein 1921, vol. IV, pl I (Yo. 0020). The turban-like head-dress resembles that of adorning deities and Bodhisattvas in Indian art. (Foucher 1905/22, figs. 364, 396, 428, 495 etc.)." Se Montell 1936, sid 173.

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