Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 193
Fig. 226.—Phoenician Platter, Silver, diameter 7 ins. Drawn by Wallet. (P. & C.) subjects or patterns. The centre piece is Assyrian, andalso the cable ornament. The inner row of animals areAssyrian in feeling, but an Egyptian sphinx is introduced 172 HIS TORIC ORNA MENT. amongst them ; but the… … Fig. 227.—Patera from Curium, diameter 8 ins. (P. & C.) hazard from designs of bas-reliefs. The Phoenician gold-smith, evidently not understanding the story of theseEgyptian mysteries, used them merely as decorative units. PHCENICIAN ART. 173 The workmanship is admirable ; first the work is…
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