Alcock, Rutherford, Sir, 1809-1897 · London : Virtue and Co., Ltd. · leaf 192
DESIGNS IN BRONZE. 179 twisted into a pen-rest, to stand on a writing-table. A less gracefully conceived monster is represented in = Na | _ —_ZZaae Fig. 92. Fig. 93, intended to serve either as a weight or a pen- rest. Fig. 94 shows a small bronze, which might have … Fig. 93. figured on some ancient Gothic cathedral, and is treated in a thoroughly conventional style. I will only add one example more as a specimen of the labour and elaborate workmanship the Japanese often bestow even on their utensils. Fig. 95 is taken from a N 2
Art · Decorative arts · Art -- Japan · Decorative arts -- Japan
Internet Archive · Smithsonian Libraries and Archives · Public domain (published before 1931). Free to use for anything.
![An illustration from Jakuchū Picture Album (Jakuchū gajō) : [volume 1] (1900)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/met-p16028coll7_19087-48-1.webp)
![An illustration from Episodes of insect life / by Acheta Domestica, [pseud.] ;edited and revised by J.G. Wood. (1879)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/wellcome-wellcome_b28066340-100-1.webp)