A manual of pottery and porcelain for American collectors . ; purple and white mingled with irridescent colorsof the rainbow, and made from a stone found in Caram-ania, Persia. Pompey introduced them into Rome withthe treasures of Mithridates. Whatever may have been * Merveilles de la Ceramique. Premiere Partie. p. 205. IN TR OD UC TION. 35 the opinions of former investigators, modern sciencerather assigns these vases a position among the manu-factured articles of the Orient; yet there are none of thesepreserved to admit of actual investigation. It is thoughtthat they were lost through delique
A manual of pottery and porcelain for American collectors . ; purple and white mingled with irridescent colorsof the rainbow, and made from a stone found in Caram-ania, Persia. Pompey introduced them into Rome withthe treasures of Mithridates. Whatever may have been * Merveilles de la Ceramique. Premiere Partie. p. 205. IN TR OD UC TION. 35 the opinions of former investigators, modern sciencerather assigns these vases a position among the manu-factured articles of the Orient; yet there are none of thesepreserved to admit of actual investigation. It is thoughtthat they were lost through deliquescence, upon exposureto the atmosphere, as were a number of rings and brace-lets taken from Egyptian mummies. This can aloneaccount for the fact that not one remains, and at thepresent time they are known only through the mediumof history. In the collection of the late Mrs. Wm. C. Prime thereare some exceedingly interesting specimens of Easternceramic art—produced within the period of the Christianera. These are egg-shaped, and an illustration of one of. No. 7.—An Egg op Persian Pottery.(From the Grotto of the Nativity at Bethlehem.) them is given here in cut number seven. The one fromwhich this illustration is taken was an ornament of anancient lamp in the grotto of the Nativity at Jacquemart mentions and illustrates one of preciselythe same kind : Un de nos savants amis dira les mer-veilles de la verrerie, depuis les temps antiques jusquiinos jours, et il mentionnera, parmi les suprenants speci- 36 HISTORY OF POTTERY. mens de cet art au treizieme siecle, les lamps suspenduesdans les mosquees de IAsie Mineure, de IEgypt et de laPerse. Or, les trois chaines de suspension de ces lampsvirennent aboutir a un oeuf, qui, tres-souvent, est enfaience siliceuse. Voici Iun de ces oeufs dont le decorest des plus interessants ; Iinfluence cliretienne sy mani-feste par de nombreuses croix et des figures de cherubins,evidemment imitees de celles quon volt encore sur lespend
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