Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 172
aques and other carv-ings, and also by theimitations of Egyptianarticles made by Phoe-nician artists, and probably sold to the Assyrians as theproduct of Egypt. Fig. 202, a small plaque, is quite likely to be one ofthese imitations of Egyptian design with the lotus-tree oflife which rests on a… … :t.^^£ q cate Fig. 202.—IvoiT Plaque found atXimroud. (B.:M.) (P. & C.) 52 HISTORIC ORNAMENT. origin of the Ionic volute capital of the Greeks, The smalland beautifully carv^ed sphinx (Fig. 203) is one of themany Egyptian ivories that had found its way to Assyria,and is immeasurably superior in…
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