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Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)

Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 127

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Fig. 144.—Fragment of an Ivory Castanet, Lomie. io6 HISTORIC ORNAMENT. with extended wings, in his claws are seals, emblems ofeternity. Under the frieze of the naos an ova], with theprenomen of Rameses II., is introduced. Two tet (or dad^symbol of stability) are placed in the lower angles of… … rig. 145.—Ivorj- Plaque; Late Work. (P. & C.) reproduction and eternity. The workmanship in thesearticles looks like that of cloisonne enamels, but they arenot enamels. The thin ribs of gold that surround thelapis lazuli stones in the pectoral and hawk are clotsons,but the stones are cut to fit…

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