. Pottery and porcelain, from early times down to the Philadelphia exhibition of 1876 . The highly-ornamented bottle (Fig. 28, anjlallos) is another tilingmade purely for purposes of luxury, which Potiphars wife used to hold 36 POTTERY AND PORCELAIN. her daiuty perfumes—perfumes wliieli, we may easily believe, wouldadd to lier dangerous charms. It is modeled froui the African cala-bash, which was the first vessel used there for carrying water. Formand decoration are both perfect in this small bottle. We add a figure of very ancient Egyptian pottery, au early exam-ple of the efforts of that peo
. Pottery and porcelain, from early times down to the Philadelphia exhibition of 1876 . The highly-ornamented bottle (Fig. 28, anjlallos) is another tilingmade purely for purposes of luxury, which Potiphars wife used to hold 36 POTTERY AND PORCELAIN. her daiuty perfumes—perfumes wliieli, we may easily believe, wouldadd to lier dangerous charms. It is modeled froui the African cala-bash, which was the first vessel used there for carrying water. Formand decoration are both perfect in this small bottle. We add a figure of very ancient Egyptian pottery, au early exam-ple of the efforts of that people at the human figure in clay. It is. Fig. S^i.—Ki/tix, vf an Early J-onn. made to serve the purposes of a vase, whether for religious uses orother we do not Imow (Fig. 29). The terra-cotta earthenware vases and cups of the Greek and Etrus-can potters, by universal consent, have come to be accepted as the mostbeautiful and satisfactory. That they were thus perfect from the start,and always so, no one need maintain; but that from Greece and from
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