Fig. 186.
CINERARY URN WITH
SWASTIKAS INCLOSED BY
INCISED LINES IN INTAGLIO.
Cervetri, Italy. “Conestabile
due Dischi in Bronzo,” pl.
5, fig. 2. ⅙ natural size.
Figs. [185] and [186] represent the one-handled cinerary urns peculiar to the Bronze Age in Italy. They are believed to have been contemporaneous with or immediately succeeding the hut urns just shown. The cinerary urn shown in [fig. 185] was found at Marino, near Albano, in the same locality and under the same condition as the hut urns. The original is in the Vatican Museum and was figured by Pigorini in “Archæologia,” 1869. [Fig. 186] shows a one-handled urn of pottery with Swastika (left) in intaglio, placed in a band of incised squares around the body of the vessel below the shoulder. A small though good example of Etruscan work is shown in the gold fibula ([fig. 187]). It is ornamented on the outside with the fine gold filigree work peculiar to the best Etruscan art. On the inside are two Swastikas. It is in the Vatican Museum of Etruscan antiquities. [Fig. 188] represents another specimen of Etruscan gold filigree work with a circle and Swastika. It is a “bulla,” an ornament said to indicate the rank of the wearer among the Etruscan people. It is decorated with a circle and Swastika inside. The figure is taken from “L’Art pour Tous,” and is reproduced by Waring.
Fig. 187.
GOLD FIBULA WITH SWASTIKAS (LEFT).
Etruscan Museum, Vatican. Catalogue
of the Etruscan Museum, part 1,
pl. 26, fig. 6. ½ natural size.
Fig. 188.
ETRUSCAN GOLD BULLA
WITH SWASTIKA
ON BOTTOM.
Waring, “Ceramic Art
in Remote Ages,”
pl. 42, fig. 4a.