Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916 · New York, Charles Scribner's Sons · leaf 311
and London.None of these Hellenistic pieces of furniture have come downto us, but in 1901 Daninos found at Memphis fragments ofseveral carrying-chairs which had belonged to one of the lastSaitc Pharaohs. The wood, which was in bad condition, wasprofusely decorated with small bronze plaques, some in… … FIG. 555.GROTESyUK FIGUR-INE IN HRONZE(Museum, Cairo).(Phot. E. Brugsch.) THE SAlTE AGE Psammetichus II, Amasis. It is possible that they came fromThebes, in the trousseau of some princess married at Memphis;whatever their origin, they are mediocre in design and evenmore so in execution. Goldsmiths…
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