Iron Age art

thumb|Toreutics on the Vače Situla (Slovenia, 5th century BC) The term toreutics, relatively rarely used in English, refers to artistic metalworking – hammering gold or silver (or other materials), engraving, or using repoussé and chasing to form minute detailed reliefs or small engraved patterns. Toreutics can include metal-engraving – forward-pressure linear metal removal with a burin.

art from Urartu (Ararat)

archaeological find in Staffordshire, England, in 2016, comprising four iron age gold torcs

small cast objects decorated with bronze sculptures from the Early Iron Age found in Iran

archaeological term