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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 324

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Fig. \7.Cj.—Ivory tablet in the British Museum. Drawn by Saint-Ehne Gautier. the tablet. Traces of this inlay may be seen on many of theMuseum ivories, especially on those recently brought from Van,in Armenia. The tablets also show traces of sfildino-. … Fig. 130.—Fragment of an ivory tablet. All this proves that the Mesopotamian decorator had nocontemptible resources for the ornamentation of his panelled 302 A History of Art in Chald.t.a and Assyria. walls and coffered ceilings. These chiselled, enamelled, andgilded ivories must have been set in…

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