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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 199

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of the same type is to be found in a bas-relief of Assurbanipal ;it is, however, simpliiied, and it looks, on the whole, more pro-bable (Fig. 88). The wings have disappeared ; there are but twonatures to be joined, and the junction seems to be made withouteffort ; the lion furnishes strength and… … S;a>ii<!l|ii!ililv,:::,,u;div\^^:..^iiii-vmi;-MMii^,/ite Fig. 87.—Fantastic animal. National Library, Paris. Height 5i inches.Drawn by Saint-Elme Gautier. round the dome-like tiara, and also by the place he occupiesin the inferior compartment of a relief on which, at the top,appear those…

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