J74 ANIMAL FORMS USED IN DESIGNS Falling into yet another group are those creatures already referred to, like the sphinx and the harpy — part bird, part beast, with human heads — which are composed of parts of several animals brought together in one. Of these there is a large and interesting… … FIG. 183. An example of the sphinx ornamenting a terra- IV. Some cotta antefixa from Cumae is given in Fig. 183. modifica- This dates from the second or third century B. c. and tions of is in the Victoria and Albert Museum. It shows animal a curious development to which attention must forms found…
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