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Ola New York, January 11, 1935. Dear Dr. Andersson: I am very much pleased to have your book CHILDEEN OF THE YELLOW EARTH which arrived the other day. Unfortunately, I have been having trouble with my...
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Ola New York, January 11, 1935. Dear Dr. Andersson: I am very much pleased to have your book CHILDEEN OF THE YELLOW EARTH which arrived the other day. Unfortunately, I have been having trouble with my eyes for the past year and cannot use them very much for reading but I have glanced through some of the headings of the chapters and the illustrations and am particularly interested in the types of early ceramices. When I was in Persia last spring, I saw fragments of the early Neolithic potteries found in the village uncovered near Persepolis. They were of extraordinary fine- ness, being hard and smooth with the design clearly end beautifully drawn, I understand that they are fully as fide, if not more so, as the Soussa I Potteries and more of them have been found than was found in Soussa. In reading the description in your book, I note that you speak of the fineness of the clay and the design. The two top illustrations on Page 185 from Honan and Anau are very similar in character to a small piece I have from the Neolithic Village near Persepolis and which Dr. Herzfeld gave me. I also note that you speak of some of them being covered with a "slip." Those pieces must be later. It will take me sometime, as I shall have to do it gradually to read your book
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