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God Of Bouray
The God of Bouray is a Celtic art, Celtic bronze statuette dredged from the River Juine within Bouray-sur-Juine. The statuette is of a cross-legged human figure with an oversized head and hooved feet. It is thought to represent a Gauls, Gallic god, perhaps the stag-god Cernunnos. Discovery The statuette was dredged from the Juine River in 1845, in a portion of the river near the gardens of the Château de Mesnil-Voisin in Bouray-sur-Juine. The statuette was not recognised as an archaeological piece until it was shown to in 1911. It was obtained by the Musée des Antiquités Nationales in 1933. Description The statuette is hollow and is made of soldered together bronze plates. The lead solder was originally covered up with copper wiring. The figure's torso and legs are made of two bronze plates Repoussé and chasing, beaten into shape. Two cylinder-shaped plates probably would have formed the figure's arms, now lost. The two plates forming the head were Metal casting, cast. The l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Françoise Foliot - Dieu De Bouray
Françoise () is a French feminine given name (equivalent to the English Frances or Italian Francesca) and may refer to: * Anne Françoise Elizabeth Lange (1772–1816), French actress * Claudine Françoise Mignot (1624–1711), French adventuress * Françoise Adnet (1924-2014), French figurative painter * Françoise Ardré (1931-2010), French phycologist and marine scientist * Françoise Arnoul (1931–2021), French actress * Françoise Atlan (born 1964), Moroccan singer * Françoise Balibar (born 1941), French physicist and science historian * Françoise Ballet-Blu (born 1964), French politician * Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (born 1947), virologist and Nobel Prize winner * Françoise Basseporte (1701–1780), French painter * Françoise Bertaut de Motteville (c. 1621–1689), French memoir writer * Françoise Beaucournu-Saguez (1936–2000), French entomologist * Françoise Bertin (1925-2014), French actress * Françoise Boivin (born 1960), Canadian politician * Françoise Bonnet ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |