Birch, Samuel, 1813-1885 · London, J. Murray · leaf 251
nel tombs, like the Egyptian speoi, and in these were what have been called Egyptian remains, as painted ostrich eggs, and beads of an odorous paste. At Magliano such remains were found in sepulchres with the scarabsei. The vases with subjects in bas-relief, appear to be found in tombs with the… … No. 181. — Painted ostrich egg. Vulci. then,'' he says, "to ridicule the simpuvium and the black saucer of Numa ? {nigrumque catinwn) ^ while Persius ^ styles it the Tuscum fictile or Tuscan pottery ; and it appears from Martial that ' Pliny, K H. xxxv. xii. 46. 3 Ibid. ii. 60, Schol. Vet. "Vilem…
Pottery, Ancient · Pottery
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