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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 253

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holds the sceptre.Under the seat is a leopard with a necklace ; behind the king climbsa lizard. What is this king doing, surrounded by the emblems ofpower ? He presides over the operations of commerce. He extends hisright hand, pointing with his forefinger towards an ephebus, or youngman dressed… … AMPHORA OF NICOSTHENES. GREECE. 213 the scales seems to be attending to the merchandise they are weighing;the second bears on his shoulders a netted bag filled with the preciousmaterial; the third turns towards Arcesilaus, and raises a bag of thesame kind; the fourth extends his arm to adjust the…

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