66. JAPANESE KETTLE (_YUWAKASHI_) 275 67. PAIR OF VASES OF RED-BROWN COPPER, RELIEVED WITH BLACK LAC, FROM MORADABAD 275 68. BRONZE FIGURE (ONE OF A PAIR) INLAID WITH SILVER AND GOLD 285 69. AMIDA (INDIAN IDOL) 291 70. A "BLUE" TARA (INDIAN IDOL) 291 71. AMITAYUS (INDIAN IDOL) 291 72. VAJRA DHARMA (INDIAN IDOL) 291 73. AMITAYUS (INDIAN IDOL) 291 74. JAPANESE PRICKET CANDLESTICK IN THE FORM OF CRANE AND TORTOISE 295 75. JAPANESE RITUAL VASE 299 76. SMALL TWO-HANDLED RITUAL VASE 299 77. CIRCULAR VASE ON STAND 299 78. BRONZE OVIFORM EWER 315 79. BRASS EWER WITH ARTISTIC HANDLE 315 80. DUTCH ORNAMENTAL BRASS CISTERN 323 81. FRENCH EWER OR TANKARD WITH FANCY HANDLE 323 82. FRENCH EWER WITH GROTESQUE MOUTH (SIXTEENTH CENTURY) 323 83. EARLY DIALS--ON THE LEFT AN ARMILLARY DIAL; IN THE CENTRE PILLAR DIAL; AND ON THE RIGHT A RING DIAL 331 84. CURIOUS OLD MICROSCOPE, MADE IN 1780 331 85. ENGRAVED POCKET CLOCK 337 86. A HANDSOME BRONZE BAROMETER 343 87. BOWL OF THE MING PERIOD 353 88. BOX OF PEKIN ENAMEL 353 89. MING BOWL 353 90. FINE ALTAR SET OF CLOISONNÉ ENAMELS (CH'IEN LUNG PERIOD) 359 91. COLLECTION OF BRASS AMULETS (HARNESS BRASSES) 371 GLOSSARY GLOSSARY =Astrolabe.=--The astrolabe is an instrument which was largely used in taking the altitude of the sun or stars at sea. It was well known to the Greeks, and takes its names from two Greek words, meaning _a star_ and _to take_. Perfected by the Arabs, the instrument was introduced into Europe about the tenth century. It is said that the most famous examples are to be seen in the museums at Madrid and Florence. There is one in the British Museum, which was made for Henry, Prince of Wales, in 1574.