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Egyptian decorative art : a course of lectures delivered at the Royal Institution /by W.M. Flinders Petrie (1920)

Petrie, W. M. Flinders (William Matthew Flinders), Sir, 1853-1942 · London : Methuen · leaf 79

An illustration from Egyptian decorative art : a course of lectures delivered at the Royal Institution /by W.M. Flinders Petrie, 1920, leaf 79
1x7.—p. 79 118.--P. 21. L.D. III. 76. 64 EGYPTIAN DECORATIVE ART both shown in the XVIIIth dynasty (tombof Khaemhat) ; and many composite, com-pHcated, and Impossible combinations werepiled together in the decadent age of theRamessides. The lotus was also much used in repe-tition as a border… … 119.—p. Mon. L. 120.—R.C. Iviii. parently before the XVIIIth dynasty;and usually It is in alternation with buds,which fit harmoniouslyInto the curves betweenthe flowers. This lineof flowers and budswas varied as flowersI and grapes, and ap-pears very often in

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