Catalogue of early Christian antiquities and objects from the Christian East in the Department of British and mediaeval antiquities and ethnography of the British museum; (1901)
British Museum. Dept. of British and Mediaeval Antiquities and Ethnography, Dalton, O. M. (Ormonde Maddock), 1866-1945 · London : Printed by order of the Trustees · leaf 94
ral scrolls, diminishing in size towards top and bottom. The larger contain : SILVER TREASURES 67 a. A genius riding a kicking ass to /. ; beneath, a basket of grapes overturned ; b.a genius seated on a basket plucking grapes while a goat stands with its forefooton his r. knee; c. a genius standing… … remaining zones and interspaces contain single animals, in several cases repeatedmore than once ; they are the goat, ram, lamb, hare, and numerous birds. Inone instance {d) a grasshopper occurs, and in another a bird with a snake. H. 13-5 in. Weight 11,040 grains (nearly 2 lb.).Visconti, pi. xv,…
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