Pottery and porcelain, from early times down to the Philadelphia exhibition of 1876 (1878) (14586606387)

Identifier: potteryporcelain00elli (find matches)
Title: Pottery and porcelain, from early times down to the Philadelphia exhibition of 1876
Year: 1878 (1870s)
Authors: Elliott, Charles Wyllys, 1817-1883
Subjects: Pottery -- History Pottery -- Marks
Publisher: New York, D. Appleton and company
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN



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Fio. Z\).-^Tomb found in the Environs of Naples. not surely known ; but pottery of theirs exists dating as far back as 700B. c. Beliind them were the Assyrians and the Egyptians, both nationsgreat in war and great in the arts of peace. The remains we have ofboth show the Egj^ptians to have been the masters, with whom beganthose arts which grew and bore fniit in Assyria and in Greece. Butthe art of the Egyptians seems never to have reached the lightness, the 3 34 POTTERY AND PORCELAIN. delicacy, the exquisite beauty of line, which yet glorify the iictile artof Greece. Older than the oldest writings of the Hebrews, older thanHomer, is the potters wheel; through all history it has been the friendand companion of man; its products are part of his daily life; and deli-
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FiG. 81.—The Archaic FerioU. cate, brittle as they are, they have proved more enduring than thePyramids. Nearly all the pieces of pottery found in Egypt belong to thosethings which went into the daily uses of life. Most of them are ofcommon clay, with common forms, and rude finish; and they seem tohave been of all shapes and designed for many purposes. Great casks,vases, pots for oil, for grain, for meats, for wines, for drugs, for lamps;childrens marbles, checkers, toys, rings, amulets, bottles, etc, etc., areamong the many things shaped by the potter in Egypt. Of those things made for onianiciital purposes, there still exist somevases which a)->proach the sinqilc. beauty of the Greek; of Avliich wegive one as pictured by Wilkinson in his woi-k upon the antiquities ofEgypt. Fig. 27 is an Efji/ptian It/lix or <1nnking-cup. Tt much resemblestlie Greek kylix or cylix, except that the loot is less perfect. EGYPTIAN ARYBALLOS. 35