Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 142
Fig. 161.—The Ass^Tian Standard.(P. & C.) Fig. 162. —Dagon, the Fi.sh-God.(P. & C.) The winged globe (Fig. 160) of the Assyrians is an imi-tation of that of Egypt; this emblem having found itsway into Assyria on many carvings in ivory and onarticles in bronze, carried hither by the trading… … ■;t.I^t <,j,Iitft^ coAf^e Fig. 163.—Assurbanipal Attacked by Lions, Britibh Museum. (P. & C.) 122 HISTORIC ORNAMENT. In their ornament and decoration they were more freeand natural than the Egyptians, and the execution wascareful and refined, as witnessed by their bronze…
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