Capart, Jean, 1877-1947 · 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 antelopes^ (Fig- 5^). … 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 ^ Petrie, Naqada, pi. xlvii. 9-12, 14, and 18; Diospolis, pi. .\i. 6, 9, 10. Budge, A History of…
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