with a figure in open-work (Figs. 228—229) orraised in relief on a flat bed (Fig. 227). Only a part of the lattercomb is preserved. The frame round the figures is cut into theshape of a cable above and below, and into rosettes at the ends.On one side of the comb there is a walking lion, on the… … Fig. 227.—Comb. Actual size. Louvre. moulding. The forms are so heavy that at first we have somedifficulty in recognizing the species. In our last specimen bothdesign and execution are much better. A lion is carved in theround within a frame ornamented with a double row of zig-zaglines. The…
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