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CABLE ADDRESS: OM THE ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY TORONTO 5, CANADA ROMA, TORONTO AGENTS IN ENGLAND: THOMAS MEADOWS & CO., LTD., 35, MILK STREET, June 3, 1935. LONDON, E.C. 2. EAST ASIATIC DEP...
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CABLE ADDRESS: OM THE ROYAL ONTARIO MUSEUM OF ARCHAEOLOGY TORONTO 5, CANADA ROMA, TORONTO AGENTS IN ENGLAND: THOMAS MEADOWS & CO., LTD., 35, MILK STREET, June 3, 1935. LONDON, E.C. 2. EAST ASIATIC DEPARTMENT Dr. J. GG. Andersson, Ostasiatiska Samlingarna, Sveavagen 65, Stockholm, Sweden, Dear Dr. Andersson:- Your letter to Professor Currelly of April 2nd has been handed to me for attention. Er We took the bronze bowl to one of the professors of the staff of tie Museum of Mineralogy, and he pronounced the stone inlays to be both malachite and turquoise. The gold inlay there is no mistaking, but what I surmis$åed to be corroded silver has turned out to be copper, so that the whole design of that zone is of inlaid copper with no silver at all. When my description was written we had not attempted to clean the corroded surface of the vessel. Upon further examination of the malachite and turgqguoise inlays, we have come to the conclusion that only the turquoise belongs to the original inlays, and that the malachite which happened to be in the cavities is a natural encrustation due to corrosion by bronze. | RE mt Under separate cover I am sending you a line drawing of a section of the vessel, drawn to 1:1 scale, in which the gold and other inlays actually existing are given in respective colours. We would like to have this drawing returned for our files when you have finished with it please. The photographfégs I send with it, need not be returned. Any other particular ones you may require we shall be glad to arrange for you. After the M.S. for my book was prepared, a bronze grill of interwoven snake design came into my hand, which was såid to have been associated with the square bowl. It came through the man who had obtained the monopoly for the excavation of those particular tombs, and I have every reason to accept the association as correct, and the size corresponds with the mouth of the bowl. It was badly broken, and we have not yet assembled the fragments, but I am hoping to have a line drawing of this grill Sent to you. The grill itself is evidently not complete and must have had a foundation of some kind, while there is certainly something lacking from the square opening in the centre. Thank you for your kind words about my book. Whether connoisseurs criticise or do not eriticise, it is immaterial., Ås a scientist you will understand the necessity to record data with accuracy and balance, and if later ad shou
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