[Illustration: Fig. 183.—Assurbanipal and his Queen feasting in the gardens of the Harem after the battle. The head of Teuman, the Elamite King, hangs on the left on the sacred tree. (M.)] [Illustration: Fig. 184.—The Feast of Assurbanipal. (B.M.) (P. & C.) Enlarged detail of Fig. 183, showing the Assyrian Furniture. Drawn by Gautier.] [Illustration: Fig. 185.—Assyrian Stool; from Layard. (P. & C.)] We add two illustrations of the sphinx variety of fantastic animals; one is the most remarkable creation of all the fantastic animals of Assyria (Fig. 192). It has the horns of a ram, a bull’s head, a bird’s beak; body, tail, and fore-legs of a lion; and the hind-legs and wings of the eagle. The Andro-Sphinx (Fig. 193) from the robe of Assurbanipal foreshadows the fabulous centaurs of Grecian art. Other bi-form creations have been found in Assyrian art bearing a close resemblance to the Greek centaur. [Illustration: Fig. 186.—Bronze Foot of a Piece of Furniture.] [Illustration: Fig. 187.—Lion coming out of his Cage. (B.M.) (P. & C.)] The purely ornamental forms from the vegetable world that have been used in Assyrian and Chaldean art are limited in number. The daisy or rosette is the commonest (Figs. 194 and 198). In the illustration of the “Lion and Lioness in a Park” (Fig. 188) the daisy is beautifully though conventionally rendered; the large leaves at the bottom are typically the common daisy leaves; the vine is no less well executed, and the lioness on the same bas-relief is treated with consummate skill. The vine is also seen to great advantage in its conventional treatment at Figs. 184 and 188. [Illustration: Fig. 188.—Lion and Lioness in a Park. (B.M.) (P. & C.)] [Illustration: Fig. 189.—Combat between a Lion and a Unicorn; from Layard. (P. & C.)] [Illustration: Fig. 190.—Dog used for Lion Hunting. (M.)] [Illustration: Fig. 191.—Chariot Horses; from Layard. (P. & C.)] [Illustration: Fig. 192.—Fantastic Animal, drawn by Gautier. (P. & C.)]