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A history of art in ancient Egypt (1883)

Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914, Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London, Chapman and Hall, Limited · leaf 177

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is supposed to belong to the Lepsius, De7ikmaler, vol. ii. pi. 83, and vol. v. pi. 56.- See Chipiez, Histoire Criiique des Ordres Grecqnes, p. 90. VOL. IL X - 54 A History of Art in Ancient Egypt. lower part of a sarcophagus. A curious variation of the sameornament exists in one of the royal tombs… … Fig. 139.— Il-a^jment of a sarcophagus. Description, v. 47. beheaded, and the decorator has wished, by the use of a some-what barbarous though graceful motive, to suggest the exploitsof him for whom the sepulchre was destined. Not much variety was to be obtained from the use of thesegrooves, but…

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