Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 52
given at Fig. 51, from the Greekcolony of Rhodes, is very interesting, as it shows a well- THE BRONZE AGE. developed fylfot between the legs of the boar, and an earlyGreek fret band; the fret here may only be a water-sign,or a river-edge representation. The spaces around theboar (animal sacred to… … Fig. 52. —Silver Brooch, Plated wiili Gold, in the form ot a Double Sun-snake orSv/astika ; found in Iceland. [Danish Arts.) reference to sun-worship, and is evidently a copy by aGreek artist of an oriental embroidery motive. The fylfot has been found stamped on the pottery of thelake dwellings of…
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