Pottery and porcelain, from early times down to the Philadelphia exhibition of 1876 (1878)
Elliott, Charles Wyllys, 1817-1883 · New York, D. Appleton and company · leaf 48
Greek Amphora, Panuthevaic. found with the dead in Greece were buried in the soil, and are thusless perfect tlian tliose found in Italy. Oooi) AM) Bad.—AVIiilf, tlicii, we can oxalt the (Ireek vase to aforemost place in the ])ui-fection of form, let us siiy tliat there are very GOOD AXD BAD VASES.… … FiG. 87.—Amphora, from the Louvre. ever seizes upon a Greek vase with the belief that it is beautifulbecause it is Greek, may wake some day to dash his god to pieces asfalse. Let us guard, too, against another chance for disappointment. Nearlyall the best vases extant have lain for centuries…
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