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 388 HISTORY OF ART IN PHOENICIA AND ITS DEPENDENCIES. bulls with very short horns. 1 Sometimes the artist is seized with a desire to vary his theme ; thus in another bracelet of the same class we find the head of a wild goat (Capra tegagros] at one end and that of a ram at the other. Finally, in some instances there is but one animal's head ; the other extremity then ends in a point. In the example from Cameiros here figured (321), the bracelet itself is of silver, but the lion's mask is gilded. The type seems borrowed from Assyria rather than from Egypt. Another class of jewelry is that in which gems and pieces of glass are inlaid between thin plates of gold, producing an effect very like that of cloisonne enamel. In our Fig. 322 we reproduce a very fine example of Egyptian origin. Nothing so rich as this FIG. 321. Silver bracelet. British Museum. has been found either in Cyprus or in Phoenician deposits else- where, but two bracelets found at Curium (Fig. 323), are analogous in workmanship. On the other hand it is chiefly from Assyrian models that the bracelets with medallions in the centre are taken. The most interesting specimen yet discovered belongs to the treasure of Curium (Fig. 324). It is formed of a triple row of golden beads with a kind of brooch in the centre, consisting of an onyx set in silver and surrounded by a gold outer frame. From this medallion hang four small disks of gold engraved with palmettes. 1 These fine pieces belong to M. de Clercq ; so does that which we describe next.