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 412 HISTORY OF ART IN PHOENICIA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES. to Phoenicia rather than to Egypt, we ascribe the example here figured (Fig. 353) ; it was found in Cyprus and is without the simplicity and frankness which distinguish Egyptian work. There can be no doubt as to the real character and signifi- cance of this little object. The execution is weak and without distinction, but the general result is not devoid of elegance of a certain kind. It is not very ancient; it may well date from the Ptolemaic period. The idea of perching a woman on a frog appears to have been borrowed from Egypt. 1 The baldrick over the right shoulder should be noticed : it looks as if it might be used to support a seal. A similar detail is to be formed on a whole series of figures from Salamis now in the British Museum. 2 FIG. 354. Bronze candelabrum. New York Museum. Bronze was also used for furniture. Fig. 354 shows a candela- brum found in one of the Curium chambers. Its Phoenician origin is betrayed by the crown of drooping leaves about the neck. We have already encountered the very same ornament in stone (Vol. I. Figs. 80 and 81). A tripod from the same place may 1 In the Salle des dieux of the Louvre, case K, there is a woman mounted on a frog, and carrying Bes on her shoulders. The frog in turn rests upon an open lotus flower. 2 A very curious mirror was found at Salamis by Mr. Alexander di Cesnola ; on the reverse of the disk the temple of Paphos is represented very much as it is upon coins (Salaminia, p. 59).