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NATURAL DECORATION
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upper sepals being still distinguishable in
the two spirals on each side at the base
of it. The later changes of this neces-
sarily belong to Greek art, and we cannot
here follow them out.
A late development of the lotus in
Ptolemaic Egypt was with a k'W'jfW
central spike through the face of "^Ipffftf
petals. As this spike rises from l|i|
llml
the base, it appears to be the Fig. 145.
front sepal rising before the petals.
Another variety in this pattern remains
to be noticed. On very many compound
lotus patterns there is a pen-
dant from each end of the
side sepals. This does not
appear until the XVIIIth
dynasty on the monuments : it is then
sometimes single and sometimes double.
But here, as in the spirals, the scarab
146. —P. IIT.
type
is an earlier staire than the archi-
73
upper sepals being still distinguishable in
the two spirals on each side at the base
of it. The later changes of this neces-
sarily belong to Greek art, and we cannot
here follow them out.
A late development of the lotus in
Ptolemaic Egypt was with a k'W'jfW
central spike through the face of "^Ipffftf
petals. As this spike rises from l|i|
llml
the base, it appears to be the Fig. 145.
front sepal rising before the petals.
Another variety in this pattern remains
to be noticed. On very many compound
lotus patterns there is a pen-
dant from each end of the
side sepals. This does not
appear until the XVIIIth
dynasty on the monuments : it is then
sometimes single and sometimes double.
But here, as in the spirals, the scarab
146. —P. IIT.
type
is an earlier staire than the archi-