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 45
40 ANCIENT POTTERY. impressed, before baking, legends relating to the dead occupants of thetomb. These cones have been found in great numbers, and much im-portant information has been derived from the inscriptions on them,which usually contain the name of the deceased, his titles, the officeswhich… … l:;. AiaiLiit E.u;yiitiaii rottery. (From a tomb at Beni-Hassan.) The Egyptians possessed the potters wheel from an early period, asappears from a painting on the wall of one of the tombs at Beni-ITassanwhich are of very ancient date, not far from that of the Pyramid of Shoo-fou. The art of forming…
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