Unlike the art of the Bronze Age, the art of the Late-Celtic period does not appear to have been in any way influenced by religious symbolism, and therefore must be looked upon as purely decorative. The designs may be divided into three classes as regards the method of their execution, namely:— (1) Designs engraved on a flat surface. (2) Designs in relief on a flat surface. (3) Designs in the round. The designs themselves may be classified as follows:— (1) Anthropomorphic designs. (2) Zoömorphic designs. (3) Designs derived from foliage. (4) Curvilinear geometrical designs. (5) Rectilinear geometrical designs. Anthropomorphic and zoömorphic designs are extremely rare in Late-Celtic art in Great Britain, and the two best-known examples—the buckets from Marlborough[298] and Aylesford[299]—have, according to Dr. Arthur Evans, been imported from Gaul. The Marlborough bucket is encircled by four horizontal metal bands, the upper three of which are decorated with human heads and pairs of animals in repoussé work. The projections at each side of the rim, to which the crossbar at the top is attached, have pairs of human heads upon them. The mountings of the Aylesford bucket consist of three bronze bands, the lower two of which are plain and the uppermost one ornamented with pairs of animals and a peculiar kind of scrollwork. Each of the attachments for the handle at the top has upon it a single human head surmounted by a sort of crested helmet. [298] Sir R. C. Hoare’s _Ancient Wilts_, vol. ii., p. 34, and W. Cunnington’s _Catal. of Stourhead Coll. in Devizes Museum_, p. 88. [299] _Archæologia_, vol. lii., p. 374.