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https://doi.org/10.11588/diglit.3720#0062
EARLY FORMS OF VASES.
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the history of its origin and progress. The same scroll, chevron,
and other patterns, common on Greek vases, had also been in-
troduced long before on those of Egypt; whole ceilings are
covered with them, and the vases themselves had frequently
the same elegant forms we admire in the cylix and others after-
wards made in Greece. They were of gold and silver, with the
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scroll and other patterns engraved or embossed upon them.
Some of larger dimensions were also highly ornamented, and
those made of porcelain were rich in colour. Some had the
handles and lids ornamented with the heads of animals ; and as
many of these, as well as the graceful ones above mentioned,
45
the history of its origin and progress. The same scroll, chevron,
and other patterns, common on Greek vases, had also been in-
troduced long before on those of Egypt; whole ceilings are
covered with them, and the vases themselves had frequently
the same elegant forms we admire in the cylix and others after-
wards made in Greece. They were of gold and silver, with the
X
1?
^SSS33HIiiiHii£'!MS22r
ttar
(W. 26.)
scroll and other patterns engraved or embossed upon them.
Some of larger dimensions were also highly ornamented, and
those made of porcelain were rich in colour. Some had the
handles and lids ornamented with the heads of animals ; and as
many of these, as well as the graceful ones above mentioned,