Schliemann, Heinrich, 1822-1890 · New York : Scribner, Armstrong · leaf 267
ue to nature, and particularly the head. The passion ofthe Mycenean artist for spirals is shown in the form of thelions tail. As Mr. A. S. Murray, of the British Museum,justly observed to me, the spiral is no proof whatever oforiental influence, because it is a form which every curlingwire would… … Vasengemalde. 1876.] GOLDEN BROOCHES WITH STAGS. I79 sepulchre twelve ornaments of gold, each representingtwo stags lying down, with long three-branched horns,leaning with the necks against each other and turningthe head in opposite directions, but so that the horns ofboth touch each other and seem…
