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On the Representations of Animals. ■65 of vases, utensils, and other small pieces of furniture (Fig. 84). The object figured at the end of the last chapter belongs to the same class. There is a hollow or mortice in its base by which it was attached to some knife or poignard to form its handle. • Fig. 83. — Combat between a lion and a unicorn. From Layard. The lion's paw was used in the same fashion and no less often. Its expressive form and the elegant curves of its claws are found on numerous altars, tables, and thrones (Vol. I, Fig. 168 ; and above, Fig. 47). 1 Fig. 84. — Lion's head in enamelled earthenware. Louvre. Actual size. Drawn by Saint-EJme Gautier. We find the same truth of design in many small earthenware articles, even when they reproduce a type less interesting and less majestic than that of the lion. A good instance of this is afforded by the goat of white earthenware covered with a blue 1 Upon the employment of the head and paws of the lion as an ornament, see also Layard, Nineveh, vol. ii. p. 301.