For example, he contrasted the effect of a common wild flower on a grassy bank with that of a gaudy hybrid of the same genus, imported from Japan and blooming under glass in an enameled vase.

举例说，他对比了一朵在青草畔上的野花和一支在瓷釉花瓶中盛开着的，日本进口的俗丽的杂交同类花的不同效果。

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The flooring is dark, the passageways plain and the lighting democratic, giving shards of earthenware as much attention as finely woven rugs from Iran, a jewel-encrusted dagger from Mughal India or 14th-century enameled blown-glass lamps from Egypt and Syria that are about as close to numinous as objects can get.

WSJ: Islamic Art at the Louvre | By Lee Lawrence