Engraved gems, signets, talismans and ornamental intaglios, ancient and modern (1912)
Osborne, Duffield, 1858-1917 · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 49
Fig. 8. FE- J. Fig. 10. The character of the work on the harder stones is oftenof a high order. The makers lacked the patience to elaboratedetails such as the Asiatic craftsmen delighted in, but theywere artists to a degree to which the others never attained. SUBJECTS 31 Freshness, liveliness,…
Gems
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