Dresser, Christopher · London : and New York [etc.] Cassell, Petter, & Galpin · leaf 137
ce inform of the two water-vessels. The peculiarities of the Egyptian water-vessel are its formation of bronze, theroundness of its base, which renders it unfitted for standing, the narrowness of itsmouth, and the handle arching the orifice; and of the Greek, its being wrought inclay, the secure… … Fig. 110. Fig. 103. Fig. 107. Fig. 108. from a nvcr, or some position which required thai the vessel be attached t<i a curdand cast into the source of supply, for the roundness of the base at once points tothis, it being a provision Ior enabling- the vessel to lill by turning upon its side…
Decoration and ornament
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