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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 196

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lection in the Louvre.These objects, which have come down to us in considerablenumbers, must have been used as applied work, in the decoration Fig. 82.—Sword and scab-bard. From a Khorsabadbas-relief. Louvre. On the Representations of Animals. 165 of vases, utensils, and other small pieces of… … Fig. S3.—Combat between a lion and a iinicnrn. Froiri Layard. The lions paw was used in the same fashion and no less often.Its expressive form and the elegant curves of its claws are foundon numerous altars, tables, and thrones (Vol. I, Fig. 16S ; andabove, Fig. 47).^

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