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A history of art in Chaldæa & Assyria (1884)

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 298

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heir lower parts with sculptured slabs. Bydint of infinite painstaking M. Place succeeded in copying a Decoration. few fragments of these paintings.^ According to the examplesthus preserved for us, human figures were mingled with purelyornamental motives such as plumes, fillets, and rosettes.… … Ki ^7^::^^^^ ^S^ 4. v»-%. Fig. ii6.—Ornament iwiiitcd upon pLister ; fri-ni I.iyard. Several fragments of these painted decorations have also beenpreserved by Sir Henry Layard. The simplest of them all isa broad yellow band edged on each side by a line of alternatelyred and blue chevrons separated…

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