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| The objects aren't always interesting, but this one is. Wonder if they were used at Anglesey. Loughnashade trumpet c.100 BC "This splendid bronze trumpet, one of four found in a dried-up lake at Loughnashade (“lake of the treasures”), near the important royal centre of Emain Macha, in Co Armagh, is similar to the one that lies at the feet of The Dying Gaul and to those that so terrified the Romans. It is an outstanding piece of Celtic art. The main section of the tube is a masterpiece of skilled riveting. The bell end is superbly decorated with a lotus-bud motif, whose origins lie in Mediterranean art. The style of elaborate curved patterns is that of high Celtic art, called La Tène, after a site in Switzerland. It is a style that would dominate Irish art for many centuries." http://www.irishtimes.com/news[...]d/2011/0611/1224298711881.html Reply | with quote |  11th June 2011ce 09:02 In reply to: A History of Ireland in a hundred Objects (moss) |
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