Catalogue of works of art ... also views of the summer and winter homes (1884)
Bement, William B, Memorial Hall (Philadelphia, Pa.) · Philadelphia, Pa. : Commissioners of Fairmount Park · leaf 108
Plate fl. Two immense jars of Kobe* lacquer, on stands of l>lue and white porcelain,show what the Japanese can do with heavy material and broad effects. Thesmaller vases, however, which are of Zogan bronze, beautifully engraved, andenriched with gold and silver, show a more remarkable phase of… … Plate I. Waegens Kabyle Shepherd, a massive piece of bronze, is the chief object inthis group. The shepherd has just rescued one of his sheep from a lioness, whoseskin he lias stripped from its carcass. With his loosely-flowing robe, his conicalhat of straw, and his lance in rest, he is a…
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