bas relief
bas·re·lief
noun
1.
a sculptural relief in which forms extend only slightly from the background; no figures are undercut
Origin
From French bas-relief, from Italian bassorilievo, compound of basso (“low”) + rilievo (“relief”), from Latin relevare (“to raise up, make light”).
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