History of ancient pottery, Egyptian, Assyrian, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman (1873)
Birch, Samuel, 1813-1885 · London, J. Murray · leaf 131
a mould, but modelled with tlie hand, and the execution is remarkable for boldness and freedom. This specimen was obtained by Sir H. Eawlinson in the neighbourhood of Babylon, and is now in the British Museum. It is difficult to say for what purposes these bas- reliefs were made. Perhaps they may… … 2\o. 91. — Bas-relief of Man and Dog. clay of which they are made is fine, like that of the cylinders, and delicately manipulated. Many figures of a naked female, haviug only a chain round her neck, to which was suspended a heart-shaped ornament, and holding her hands beneath her breast, probably…
Pottery, Ancient · Pottery
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