Definition of "half-relief" [half-relief]

• In sculpture, relief midway between high relief and low relief; mezzo-rilievo; demi-relief. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "All round the circumference of each bowl were figures in half-relief, representing a woman dancing."
• "Some unseen hand drew a blind over the great window and an eerie green-and-golden light began to play from one end of the room, throwing the dancers into half-relief and deepening the mystery."
• "The whole piece reposed upon a base of ebony, properly proportioned, but with a projecting cornice, upon which I introduced four golden figures in rather more than half-relief."