Historic ornament : treatise on decorative art and architectural ornament (1909)
Ward, James, 1851-1924 · London : Chapman and Hall · leaf 53
of thelake dwellings of the Zuni, Yucatan, and other Americanpottery, and on objects from Iceland, Ireland, and Scandi-navia. A circular form of it is seen on the gold Scandi-navian ornament (Fig. 52). Whether it originally was a pure sun-sign, or whether itsignified the axial rotation of the earth… … ^^b- 53- —f^okl Bowl, with Bionze Handle andSacred Horses Head. {Danish Arts. Fig. 54.—Bronze Horn found in Denmark. (Danish Arts.) used; this was owing to the spread of the Buddhist religionin these countries. It is found on the toes of the Foot-print of Buddha, at the Amaravati Tope, India;…
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