Pottery and porcelain of all times and nations; with tables of factory and artists' marks for the use of collectors (1878)
Prime, William Cowper, 1825-1905 · New York, Harper & brothers · leaf 43
, was made in allsizes, from the three-inch oil or perfume holder to the immense jar ofthree or four feet in height, for holding water, wine, oil, or grain. The 38 ANCIENT POTTERY. pitlios (so called by tlie Greeks), an immense tub, cask, or vase of pottery,was made in Egypt as in all the Oriental… … 10. Egyptian Wine-press, showing Amphorae. (From sculptures at Thebes.) The higliest art was displayed in the smallest articles, whether of softpottery, or of the sandy paste before described. Images of deities weremoulded in fair style or beautifully caived from steatite, and enamelledwith the…
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