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Old china (1901)

Syracuse, N.Y. : Keramic Studio Pub. Co. · leaf 136

An illustration from Old china, 1901, leaf 136
The Chinese custom of outlining "reserves" with signifi- cant forms, such as the butterfly, sceptre-head, flag-leaf, etc., giving most conventional treatment of the ornament, sug- gested the use of these objects to engravers in Europe, who without knowledge of methods of conventionalization, often…

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