eware beneath—and so in search of colour the potter stumbles,as it were, upon incised pattern. It is a means of decorationwhich could not fail to occur before long to the man who hadonce coated his vessel with clay of a colour different from thatof the body. Again, a glaze of transparent colour… … 137. DETAIL OF PERSIANslip DECORATION. 138. DETAIL OF TURKISHslip DECORATION. 148 ORNAMENT AND ITS ArPLICATlON. of the Persian vessel on page 146, though not perhaps unin-fluenced by beaten metal, is perfectly adapted to give valueto the glaze with which it is coated. The simplest and most…
Decoration and ornament
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