122.—R.C. lxx.
The lotus was also much used in repetition as a border pattern, but not apparently before the XVIIIth dynasty; and usually it is in alternation with buds, which fit harmoniously into the curves between the flowers. This line of flowers and buds was varied as flowers and grapes, and appears very often in the XVIIIth dynasty.
The flower and bud was further developed in a mechanical fashion, and we can trace a continuous series of forms beginning in a flower and bud pattern and modifying the intermediate member, until on reversing the line we find that something has been evolved which is indistinguishable from the Greek palmetto alternating with the lotus. The isolated anthemion, which is so much like this, has probably a different origin, as we shall soon see.
123.—P. [89]. 8.
Fig. 124. 89. 9. 90. 4.
Fig. 125. 90. 5. 90. 6.
