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Rays round foot. Purple bands. Rows of usual animals. Incisions. Details in purple. Ground ornaments, incised rosettes more or less carefully drawn. These in great profusion leaving very little bare space. Terra-cotta Figurines. Series that culminates with Tanagra figures of fourth century begins. May be said always to be a step in advance of contemporary sculpture if any.
To Barbara and myself awaiting our guests in the drawing-room before dinner, the first to come was Doria, whom we hadn't seen since lunch; an arresting figure in her low evening dress; you can imagine a Tanagra figure in black and white ivory. Her face, however, was a passion of excitement. "It's wonderful," she cried. "More than wonderful.
"But these are the chances," said Cooper, "that every art-lover must take. I have said that at present I feel perfectly sure that not a single genuine work has crept in to vitiate my collection. And that is true. But only a few weeks ago I had a very bad quarter of an hour indeed over this spurious Tanagra figurine.
The furnishing was in quiet and, for that period, remarkably good taste; masculine enough to balance a certain delicacy of detail exquisite Tanagra figures, water-colors and pastels of women in costumes of rose and violet gauze, incense smoldering in an ivory jar, and much small bijouterie that meant an almost feminine appreciation of exquisite and costly prettiness. Mrs.
Those who fell on the Athenian side were first honoured by public burial in the Ceramichus "As men," says Plato, "who fought against Grecians for the liberties of Greece." Myronides followed up his victory by levelling the walls of Tanagra.
This event caused a revulsion of popular feeling in favour of Kimon, when the Athenians remembered how much they owed him, and reflected upon the straits to which they were now reduced, as they had been defeated in a great battle at Tanagra, and expected that during the summer Attica would be invaded by the Lacedæmonians.
I will show you a magnificent littla tanagra I picked up yesterday, and we will talk about the new prospectus. God bless you! Your affectionate Uncle
It displayed a good deal of Caroline's figure, which was slim and clean made something like a Tanagra statuette, but less curved. He found himself watching for her every time as she came round, and finally a thought darted across his mind a nymph on fire. Why! he chuckled softly to himself, pleased by the apt phrase and feeling clever that was what it was, by gad!
In front of him was the famous French table, crowded as usual with a multitude of miscellaneous objets d'art, conspicuous among them a pair of Tanagra figures, white visions of pure grace, amid the dusty confusion of their surroundings. Suddenly Melrose flung his cigarette vehemently away. "Faversham! Don't be a fool! I have something to say to you a deal more important than this damned nonsense!"
In this room, under a glass case, is an exquisite marble statuette, found at Tanagra, of a Grecian girl seated, and writing on a tablet; and not far away is a Roman warrior, carrying his message.
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