Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 118
ptian decoration, as sphinxes, or imaginary animalsof the desert, which were really fanciful creations of theartists pencil (Figs. 134, 135, 136, 137). Their representations of lions always have an expressionof dignity, though more mild in aspect than the Assyrianlion in art (Fig. 138). Pottery,… … £.Kr Fig. 132.—Antelope and Papyrus. (P. & C.) building. The common pottery was unglazed, and theirdecorated pottery was in glazed earthenware, but not sohighly decorated as many other objects of industrial art.Fig. 139 is a common pitcher of fairly good form, in redearth. The decoration on the…
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