Collignon, Maxime, 1849-1917, Wright, John Henry, 1852-1908 · London : Cassell Pub. Co. · leaf 299
est vasesof the following class.* (5) Vases of the Corinthian or Asiatic style.—Thesevases are often called Corinthian vases, because anumber of them have been found in tombs in theneighbourhood of Corinth. They are found, how-ever, in all portions of the Hellenic world, and evenin Etrurian… … we find the rosette of Assyrian monuments andfigures of fantastic beings, half-human, half-animal; birds with human headswearing the Orientalpolus ; flying personageswith wings curvedbackward—all of themsymbols which had sig-nificance only in theEast, and which werecopied by the Greekswithout being…
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