A guide to the Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities in the British Museum (1899)
British Museum. Dept. of Greek and Roman Antiquities, Smith, A. H. (Arthur Hamilton), 1860-1941 · London : Printed by order of the Trustees · leaf 175
r her loom is a man half changed to a pig. Cases 8-9. Etruscan imitations of black-figure vases. Thefigures are rough and coarse, on a pale ground, and show no skill inthe drawing or incised lines. The whole class of ancient vases wasformerly called Etruscan, but strictly speaking the term should… … Fig. 48. B 59. Asia Minor. It is marked by the free use of red as a groundcolour, and by the decoration. Cases 10-11. Vases with figures painted in black and purple,,on a cream-coloured ground or slip, in an archaic manner. One group of these vases (in the second and lowest shelves) iscommonly…
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