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History of ancient pottery, Greek, Etruscan, and Roman (1905)

Walters, Henry Beauchamp, 1867-1944, Birch, Samuel, 1813-1885, Birch, Samuel, 1813-1885. History of ancient pottery · London, J. Murray · leaf 456

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ofscenes with human figures, in preference to friezes of animalsand floral patterns ; the compositions advance from singlefigures to large groups, and accessory figures are introduced, Cf. tlie archaic Rhodian vases in ^ Examples of the earliest are Nos. the form of helmeted heads (e.g. B.M. 9-12,… … Sarcophagus from Clazomenae (British Museum). CLAZOMENAE SARCOPHAGI 365 like the dogs under the horses. Finally, we have the longfriezes of figures which are so characteristic, for instance, ofthe British Museum sarcophagus. Mythological scenes, exceptthe Doloneia, are conspicuously absent ;…

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