An introduction to the study of prehistoric art (1915)
Parkyn, Ernest Albert, b. 1857 · London, New York [etc.] : Longmans, Green and Co. · leaf 292
natural and show no small ability on thepart of the artist who executed the work.^ A sword bladefrom the island of Tliera is inlaid on both sides with goldaxes of peculiar shape. Another fine example of inlayingfrom Mycense is a Silver Ctip found in a chambered tombin the lower tower. It is inlaid… … Fig. 265.—Gold cups from Vaphio. best goldsmiths work of the Italian renaissance (Fig. 265).Each of these cups consists of two gold plates, an inner one,smooti; and turned over at the top to form the brim, and anouter bearing in repousse a remarkable design in which thechief figures are bulls. On…
Art, Primitive
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