Two attendants, armed with sword and shield, following behind the living lion, serve to balance the horses drawing the chariot, without rendering the composition too symmetrical.

The horses themselves are the weakest part of the picture; the forelegs are stiff and too slight, and the heads possess little spirit.
It is seldom that designs of this early period can boast nearly so much merit.

The religious and processional pieces are stiff in the extreme; the battle scenes are overcrowded and confused; the hunting' scenes are superior to these, but in general they too fall far below the level of the above-described composition.
[Illustration: PLATE 65] The best drawing of this period is found in the figures forming the patterns or embroidery of dresses.

The gazelle, the ibex, the horse, and the horseman hunting the wild bull of which representations have been given, are from ornamental work of this kind.

They are favorable specimens perhaps; but, still, they are representative of a considerable class.