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History of Phoenicia

CHAPTER VIII--INDUSTRIAL ART AND MANUFACTURES
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On her arms and shoulders appear to have stood two lions, which formed side supports to the mirror that was attached to the figure's head.

If the face of the cymbal-player cannot boast of much beauty, and her figure is thought to "lack distinction," still it is granted that the _tout ensemble_ of the work was not without originality, and may have possessed a certain amount of elegance.[877] The frog is particularly well modelled.
Some candlesticks found in the Treasury of Curium,[878] and a tripod from the same place, seem to deserve a short notice.

The candlesticks stand upon a sort of short pillar as a base, above which is the blossom of a flower inverted, a favourite Phoenician ornament.[879] From this rises the lamp-stand, composed of three leaves, which curl outwards, and support between them a ring into which the bottom of the lamp fitted.
The tripod[880] is more elaborate.

The legs, which are fluted, bulge considerably at the top, after which they bend inwards, and form a curve like one half of a Cupid's bow.

To retain them in place, they are joined together by a sort of cross-bar, about half-way in their length; while, to keep them steady, they are made to rest on large flat feet.


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