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History of the ceramic art. A descriptive and philosophical study of the pottery of all ages and all nations (1877)

Jacquemart, Albert, 1808-1875, Palliser, Bury, Mrs., 1805-1878, Catenacci, H, Jacquemart, Jules-Ferdinand, 1837-1880 · New York: Scribner, Armstrong & Co. · leaf 178

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lion; in stature he willbe a cypress, and in strength an elephant. At his birth, adds thepoet, the child was a hero resembling a lion; he was great andbeautiful; the hair of his head was red, and his face animated as blood.Ten nurses were had to satisfy him. When he was weaned, he fed uponbread and… … PERSIAN BOWL OF FAIENCE, WITH EXTEEIOE POLYCHROME DECORATION. the fancy, purely picturesque, which may inspire the painter with imageseasy to confound with each other, and that we must study with reserveto arrive at their meaning. Symbolic or other figures have rarely appeared upon the tiles,…

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