Perrot, Georges, 1832-1914, Chipiez, Charles, 1835-1901, Armstrong, Walter, Sir, 1850-1918 · London, Chapman and Hall, Limited; New York, A. C. Armstrong and Son · leaf 237
t floured above. Thislittle object must have served as a model for the carvers engagedupon the palace walls. We shall not here stop to examine theattributes and ornaments of the bull, they are well shown in ourFigs. 83 and 84, and their types are known by many otherexamples. Our aim is to show that… … ^*-- FiG. 82.—Ornamented base, in limestone. still in their places between two huge lions at one of the doors.Before their contours disappeared—and they rapidly crumbledaway upon contact with the air.—Layard had time to makea drawing of the one that had suffered least (Fig. 85). In hisdescription…
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