Manual of Egyptian archæology and guide to the study of antiquities in Egypt. For the use of students and travellers (1914)
Maspero, G. (Gaston), 1846-1916, Johns, Agnes Sophia Griffith, 1859- · New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons; London, H. Grevel and Co. · leaf 314
Black-topped pottery. a soft Hmestone adapted for fine work, and a materialeven more easily worked, namely, pottery paintedand glazed. Although the art of modelling, decorating, andfiring pottery was never carried to such perfection POTTERY 287 in Egypt as it was in Greece, it was not for thewant… … Fig. 243.—Red burnished potterj, taken without selection from any place where thepotter happened to be at the moment. Badlywashed, badly kneaded, it was then fashioned withthe hand or a primitive hand-worked wheel. Thefiring was very uncertain, some pieces were scarcelyburnt at all and fall to…
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