Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 111
Fi<i. 120.—Ilaihoi-headed Canipaui-form Capitals, Temple of Neetanebo, atPhila;. (P. & C.) 90 HISTORIC ORNAMENT. decorations from tombs at Fig. 123, Nos. 3 and 5 ; at Figs.118, 124 ; and in the painted frieze from Thebes (Fig. 125),where the similarity between this and the Assyrian… … Cat 1-1 <u ?:o o Si o 8 .aa, S The bi-lateral rendering of the lotus plant is not com-mon in Egyptian ornament, though it is the oldest form ofthe lotus known, as it occurs on the prehistoric pottery ofKoptos, and on tombs of the Fourth Dynasty (Fig. 126), EGYPTIAN ART. 91 and earlier. Two lotus…
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