. ii. p. 93) all the fantastic animals invented by the Egyptians.See also M,\.spero, Mhiwire siir la Mosaique dc Pakstriiie {Gazette Archeologiqiw,1879). 284 A History of Art in Ancient Egypt. deserts/ Such representations must have been common uponthose objects—partly manufactured in Egypt, partly… … Fig. 230.—Quadruped with the head of a bird. From ChampoUion, pi. 42S bis. character which has always been an attraction in the eye of thedecorator. They may have helped to develop a belief that thecurious beings represented upon them existed in some corner ofthe world, and they certainly did much…
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![An illustration from Catalogue des monuments et inscriptions de l'Égypte antique / publié sous les auspices de S.A. Abbas II Helmi par la direction générale du Service des antiquités [de l'Égypte] ; par J. de Morgan, U. Bouriant, G. Legrain, G. Jéquier, A. Barsanti (1894)](https://img.insideoutlibrary.com/img/200/ia-cataloguedesmonu22egyp-22-24.webp)
