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 139
independent taste. It seems likely, therefore, thatthe more carefully wrought of these ivories were imported fromabroad, either from Egypt itself, or from its imitator, Phoenicia.I n the fragments we have already figured (Vol. I. Figs. 129 and 130)the features and head-dresses are easily recognized… … Fig. 57.—Ivory tablet in the British Museum. Drawn by Saint-Elme Gautier. are Egyptian in every detail. Their attitudes and symmetricalarrangement; their robes and head coverings ; the action of theirhands, one raised in adoration, the other holding the hare-headedstaff; the crtix ansata under…
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