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
tries the most common and most useful vase, 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. pithos (so called by the Greeks), aD immense tub, cask, or vase of… … 10. Egyptian Wine-press, showing Amphora?. (From sculptures at Thebes.) The highest 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 carved from steatite, and enamelledwith the…
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