Salaminia (Cyprus) : the history, treasures, & antiquities of Salamis in the island of Cyprus (1882)
Cesnola, Alexander Palma di, 1837-, Birch, Samuel, 1813-1885 · London : Trübner and Co. · leaf 363
as the Greek variety of thissymbol degraded into an ornament, and with no othersignificance than that which is due to a lovely combinationof harmonic lines. On the other vase (fig. 235) are the figures of twomen, both in the act of walking, and carrying bundles ofwood, or fascines, such as we call… … Fig. 236. Inscribed Archaic Vase. Terra-cotta. that is known to me bears a representation of the humanfigure, or bird, or tree. All other enrichments of thiscategory are geometrical, as, for example, in the accom-panying woodcut (fig. 236), which represents a double-handled vase, perhaps a…