Examples of household taste . Irish Bog-Oak Brooches: English Court. long plumes in thewings and tail is in-dicated by a fewstrong lines. Nor isthe least admirablepart of this work theportion which playsthe part of the treating this, whereso many spoil thewhole effect by add-ing some dispropor-tioned and inharmo-nious contrivance, ourartist has ratheradded to the charac-ter and enhanced thebeauty of his stork, in seizingat an eel, has graspedthe lower portion ofa lily as well as thefish in his strong bill,and torn the plant upby the roots. Theopen flower itselfforms a vase for
Examples of household taste . Irish Bog-Oak Brooches: English Court. long plumes in thewings and tail is in-dicated by a fewstrong lines. Nor isthe least admirablepart of this work theportion which playsthe part of the treating this, whereso many spoil thewhole effect by add-ing some dispropor-tioned and inharmo-nious contrivance, ourartist has ratheradded to the charac-ter and enhanced thebeauty of his stork, in seizingat an eel, has graspedthe lower portion ofa lily as well as thefish in his strong bill,and torn the plant upby the roots. Theopen flower itselfforms a vase for thelamp, while its leavesand blossoms makea graceful ornamentbelow. Here againwe see the wonderfulobservation of theJapanese in their 324 THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1876. study of natural objects—this time, however, coupled with that subtle desire togive a grotesque turn to the work, which is their great characteristic. The lily-plant is somewhat conventionalized, and the root writhes about as if sensible ofthe same fea
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