Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 221
Fig. 256.—Upright of Royal Throne, Naksh-i-Rustem. (F.C.) (P. & C.) The most distinctly Persian feature in all the architec-ture of Persia is undoubtedly the column with its double-bull-headed capital (Fig. 254). Archaeologists are divided 200 HISTORIC OR NAM EXT. in opinion as to whether it is… … Fig. 257.—Staircase AVall of the Palace of Xeraes at Persepolis. (F.C.) (P. & C.) Persians may certainly be credited with developing thesupposed idea into something wonderfully unique andinteresting as a capital. 1*116 name Zoophoros (life-bearing) ART IN ANCIENT PERSIA. 201 has been given to…
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