Fig. 186.—Bronze Foot of a Piece of Furniture.
Fig. 187.—Lion coming out of his Cage. (B.M.) (P. & C.)
The purely ornamental forms from the vegetable world that have been used in Assyrian and Chaldean art are limited in number. The daisy or rosette is the commonest (Figs. 194 and 198). In the illustration of the “Lion and Lioness in a Park” (Fig. 188) the daisy is beautifully though conventionally rendered; the large leaves at the bottom are typically the common daisy leaves; the vine is no less well executed, and the lioness on the same bas-relief is treated with consummate skill. The vine is also seen to great advantage in its conventional treatment at Figs. 184 and 188.
Fig. 188.—Lion and Lioness in a Park. (B.M.) (P. & C.)
Fig. 189.—Combat between a Lion and a Unicorn; from Layard. (P. & C.)
