Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 191
metalwork, and we have proof that they were employed in thebuilding and decorating of the Temple at Jerusalem. Thebronze and silver bowls and platters were carried to allcountries where the Phoenicians had trading transactions,and they have been found at Mycenae, Etruria, Cyprus,Sardinia, &c.… … E^. Fig. 225.—Capital from Golgos (Ceccaldi). (P. & C.) The Phcenicians in their turn imitated both, and did agreat trade with them. The silver platter (Fig. 226) wasfound, in 1876, in the Necropolis of ancient Praeneste, inLatium, and in the same tomb was found a quantity ofvases, diadems, and…
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