Capart, Jean, 1877-1947, Johns, Agnes Sophia (Griffith), Mrs., 1850-, Freer, Charles Lang, 1854-1919, former owner. DSI-F · London : H. Grevel · leaf 103
ORNAMENTAL AND DECORATIVE ART. 79 form of a tortoise are very instructive ; we see there that, after having entirely mistaken the character of the feet, they did not scruple to let them disappear entirely, or even to transform them into heads of antelopes1 (Fig. 56). … Fig. 46. — Ivory Pins decorated with Figures of Birds and a Bull's Head. Fish palettes, which are often shaped with great care, end by losing all characteristic form (Fig. 57). A remarkable example is 1 Petrie, Naqada, pi. xlvii. 9-12, 14, and 18; Diospolis, pi. xi. 6, 9, 10. Budge, A History of…
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