An introduction to the study of prehistoric art . TT-^-TT Figs. 286, 287.—Bronze rings. Stanwick, Yorkshire. remained. In a pit a few feet below the surface an ex-traordinary collection of horse trappings was by were the tyres of two chariot wheels, pointing toits having been the site of a chariot burial. There weremany bronze terrets with the so-called lip design, andharness rings, some of which had been decorated with spotsof enamel. Also bronze rings with open curvilinear workforming combinations distinctly Late Keltic, and parts ofthem recalling the handles of some of the mi
An introduction to the study of prehistoric art . TT-^-TT Figs. 286, 287.—Bronze rings. Stanwick, Yorkshire. remained. In a pit a few feet below the surface an ex-traordinary collection of horse trappings was by were the tyres of two chariot wheels, pointing toits having been the site of a chariot burial. There weremany bronze terrets with the so-called lip design, andharness rings, some of which had been decorated with spotsof enamel. Also bronze rings with open curvilinear workforming combinations distinctly Late Keltic, and parts ofthem recalling the handles of some of the mirrors alreadydescribed (Figs. 286, 287). Among many other objects was a crude bronze mask of embossed work, the lower part 18* 2/6 PREHISTORIC ART of which shows the characteristic involved circle, thoughmuch less finely executed than a similar design in repousseon a Bronze Disk found in Ireland (Fig. 288). Alsonarrow strips of bronze ornamented with a series of rosetteswhich may be compared with those on the Balmaclellanmirror.^ Late Keltic e
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