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Low relief

noun

A sculptural relief in which forms extend only slightly from the background; no figures are undercut. Synonyms: bas relief, basso relievo, basso rilievo.

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... or a symbol of virtue. That Japan borrowed the idea from her neighbour can scarcely be doubted. She certainly procured many Chinese mirrors, which are easily distinguished by finely executed and beautiful decorative designs in low relief on their backs; whereas her own mirrors—occasionally of iron—did not show equal skill of technique or ornamentation. Comparative roughness distinguished them, and they had often a garniture of jingle-bells (suzu) cast around the rim, a feature not found in Chinese mirrors. They ...

— A History of the Japanese People - From the Earliest Times to the End of the Meiji Era • Frank Brinkley and Dairoku Kikuchi

... columns, agricultural scenes in low relief, modelled by Donnelly and Ricci after designs of the architect. Farmers going to work with women ...

— The City of Domes • John D. Barry

Words linked to "Low relief" : rilievo, embossment, relief, relievo, bas relief, high relief, sculptural relief