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Celtic art in pagan and Christian times (1904)

Allen, J. Romilly (John Romilly), 1847-1907 · London, Methuen & Co · leaf 182

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most characteristic of the vase-types thererepresented. The contour of the type referred to, with itsshoulders sometimes angular, sometimes abruptly roundedoff, its inverted conical body divided into vertical zones byraised cordons, and tapering off to a pedestal below, canonly be described as… … Late Celtic urns from Shoebury, EssexNow in the Colchester Museum matter may have been supplied by pounded charcoal—zonesof the Euganean cineraries are coloured alternately withbands of graphite and red ochre. Some of the earlier ofthe Este vases are, however, of plain dark brown bucchero,and…

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