half relief

American  

noun

1. mezzo-relievo.

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half relief

This was a girdle three inches broad, which used to be made for brides, and was executed in half relief with some small figures in the round.

From Autobiography of Benvenuto Cellini by John Addington Symonds

A very celebrated curiosity is the large urn or vase of blue glass, with figures carved on it in half relief, in white.

From Round-about Rambles in Lands of Fact and Fancy by Frank Richard Stockton

There, with a few gentle words, she dismissed him, and when the sound of his measured footsteps had diminished, she closed the door with a little gasp of half relief, and turned to the window.

From The Crevice by Will Grefé

The match fell from papa's fingers, and he looked up at me with an expression that was half bewilderment, half relief.

From We Ten Or, The Story of the Roses by Barbara Yechton

These medallions are mounted by flattening the subject considerably so it is in little more than half relief.

From Home Taxidermy for Pleasure and Profit A Guide for Those Who Wish to Prepare and Mount Animals, Birds, Fish, Reptiles, etc., for Home, Den, or Office Decoration by Albert B. Farnham