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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 259

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hood turned back upon the head, and having by her side a child inthe same costume; lying at its feet is a pig, the victim offered by theLacedaemonians for the preservation of their children. But the seriesof rhytons is particularly interesting. These curved pieces providedwith a handle resemble the… … RHYTON. richly composed ornaments ; here, the head of an eagle, there an ass ormule with bridle, a lion, a ram, a cow, a hind or panther (Fig. 67), mostof them have no other opening than that of the top. They are real cups;and not drinking vessels a la regalade, that is, with the head turned…

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