nd the lower part of the western wall in the tomb of Ptah-hotep at Sakkarah. They confirm the ideas of Semper as to theorigin of ornament.^ That writer was the first to show that thebasket-maker, the weaver, and the potter, originated by the mereplay of their busy hands and implements those… … Fig. 282.—Vultures on a ceiling. the forms used by the latter can hardly have been transferred fromit to mats, woven stuffs, and earthen vessels. In the regularity withwhich the lines and colours of early decoration are repeated it iseasy to recognize the enforced arrangement of rushes, reeds,…
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