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The influence of Scythian art: Fibula in the Form of a Recumbent Stag (below), about 400 AD, Northeastern Europe, and Stag Plaque (above), 400-500 BC, Scythian, western Asia, gold Scythian golden deer shield ornaments from the Iron Age 6th century BC found in Hungary. Above, the Golden Deer of Zöldhalompuszta is 37 cm, making it the largest ...
"Animal style" deer, (8-7th century BC) Arzhan kurgan, Tuva. Ordos culture, belt buckle, 3rd–1st century BC. Animal style art is an approach to decoration found from Ordos culture to Northern Europe in the early Iron Age, and the barbarian art of the Migration Period, characterized by its emphasis on animal motifs.
A deerstalker. A deerstalker is a type of cap that is typically worn in rural areas, often for hunting, especially deer stalking.Because of the cap's popular association with the fictional detective Sherlock Holmes, [1] it has become stereotypical headgear for a detective, especially in comical drawings or cartoons along with farcical plays and films.
advertisement showing factory marks. Alfred Meakin Ltd Pottery was a British company that produced earthenware and semi-porcelain tableware, tea sets, and toilet ware from 1875 to 1976. [1]
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Confronted animals, or animals intertwined in very intricate patterns, often depicted grabbing at each other to form the "gripping beast" pattern, are a main feature of some periods of Viking art. So intertwined are the animals, they are dissolved into pure ornament, and the individuals are barely discernable from each other.
The paint would be applied after firing. These plaques were built with a sprout attached to the bottom edge of the decorated side. They typically have a perforated element extending to the top edge of the plaque which was used to display or affix the plaque. Plaques such as these are rarely found at other Middle Bronze Age sites in the region. [3]
The Deer Pattern Eaves Tile from the Qin dynasty, The many objects from the Tang Hejia Village hoard, found in 1970, deposited around 755 during the An Lushan Rebellion. The Kneeling Archer, a 120 cm (47 in) tall figure unearthed in 1977 from Emperor Qin Shi Huang's tomb; The Four Footed Li, a Shang dynasty bronze cooking utensil,