Lane-Poole, Stanley, 1854-1931 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 238
ss objectsto 8 of bronze, while what copper there is has a coating of an alloy of leadand antimony, which gives a grey appearance to the bowls thus treated.Some of the bronzes are zinc bronzes, i. e. contain zinc as well as tin, butas a rule they contain a large proportion of tin. t There is no… … FIG. 79.—COVER OF SHERBET BOW . Made by Mahmud El-Kurdy at Venice. Sixteenth Century.(South Kensington Museum.) 202 ART OF THE SARACENS. typical of the style, and there are no figures, except whenthe bowl or other vessel is intended for magical or astrologicalpurposes. The style is very distinct,…
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