The arts and crafts of our Teutonic forefathers . coloured stones, one fragment of which,probably lazulite, is still in position (fig. 90). Manyconverging lines of evidence traced by Mr. Daltonin his Treasure of the Oxus go to prove the date ofthis treasure to be about the fourth century , andthe place of manufacture of the majority of the ob-jects to be Persia. In connection with this Treasure of the Oxus at- ^ The regions in question are displayed upon the Map U, re-duced, by the kind permission of the author and the Trustees ofthe British Museum, from Mr. Daltons Treasure of the Oxus. 1
The arts and crafts of our Teutonic forefathers . coloured stones, one fragment of which,probably lazulite, is still in position (fig. 90). Manyconverging lines of evidence traced by Mr. Daltonin his Treasure of the Oxus go to prove the date ofthis treasure to be about the fourth century , andthe place of manufacture of the majority of the ob-jects to be Persia. In connection with this Treasure of the Oxus at- ^ The regions in question are displayed upon the Map U, re-duced, by the kind permission of the author and the Trustees ofthe British Museum, from Mr. Daltons Treasure of the Oxus. 178 SIBERIAN GOLD-WORK niMusimx tentlon must be called to a very large class of objectsin the precious metals, for the most part inlaid, thathave been found over a considerable portion ofhither Asia and south-eastern Europe, from theYenisei in Siberia to u Vettersfeld in openness of thewhole of this vast re-gion of plains (see MapU) rendered the trans-mission of culture-in-fluences from end toend of it an easy mat-ter, and Mr. Dalton. Vaj»jj(^ e TURKESTAN INDIA. remarks that the Scy- Map of Nearer Asia. From 1 . 0-1 • ^ 1 TreasiC7e of the Oxus. thic-bibenan style ? maintained an unmistakable character from theYenisei to the Carpathians and may in time haveextended over a period of at least six or sevencenturies. Siberian art of this order is repre-sented by some extraordinary objects in massivegold set with turquoises and carbuncles, that inpoint of artistic style are quite sui generis, and areamong the treasures of the Hermitage Museum atSt. Petersburg. One of the most famous of theseis an eagle of gold, set with gems, that holds in its 179 IS THE ART TEUTONIC ? talons an antelope of a species characteristic of thisregion, fig. 91. Other objects that probably origin-ated to the north of the Black Sea, show a mixtureof classical motives, derived from the Greekcoloniesof the region, with those of a barbaric characterwhich for want of a better term we can qualify as
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