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Carved in Relief: Cameo Gemstones Between Weara...
How cameo gemstones were carved in layered agate and sardonyx, why they shifted from devotional objects to collector's items, and what the lapidary craft reveals about ritual meaning.
Carved in Relief: Cameo Gemstones Between Weara...
How cameo gemstones were carved in layered agate and sardonyx, why they shifted from devotional objects to collector's items, and what the lapidary craft reveals about ritual meaning.
Engraved Gemstones and the Trouble with Plunder...
Engraved gems are portable, collectible, and often unprovenanced. This article examines the evidentiary problems of plunder and restitution claims for intaglios and cameos.
Engraved Gemstones and the Trouble with Plunder...
Engraved gems are portable, collectible, and often unprovenanced. This article examines the evidentiary problems of plunder and restitution claims for intaglios and cameos.
Reading Mozambique Rubies Through the Museum Ca...
How Mozambique rubies entered museum collections through gemological testing, private donation, and curatorial choice, and what their display reveals about modern gemstone value.
Reading Mozambique Rubies Through the Museum Ca...
How Mozambique rubies entered museum collections through gemological testing, private donation, and curatorial choice, and what their display reveals about modern gemstone value.
Prayer Beads and Political Legitimacy: The Work...
How gemstone rosaries were produced in early modern workshops and why their craftsmanship and materials served political legitimacy for rulers in Europe and beyond.
Prayer Beads and Political Legitimacy: The Work...
How gemstone rosaries were produced in early modern workshops and why their craftsmanship and materials served political legitimacy for rulers in Europe and beyond.
What a Gemstone Treasury Could Not Record
Why court treasury inventories leave provenance gaps, how historical gemstone terms resist modern identification, and what trade-route stories about treasury gems can and cannot support.
What a Gemstone Treasury Could Not Record
Why court treasury inventories leave provenance gaps, how historical gemstone terms resist modern identification, and what trade-route stories about treasury gems can and cannot support.
Blue Pigment, Imperial Collections: Lapis Lazul...
From Badakhshan mines to ultramarine workshops and imperial museum cases, lapis lazuli's journey through Eurasian trade raises questions about provenance, naming, and colonial collecting.
Blue Pigment, Imperial Collections: Lapis Lazul...
From Badakhshan mines to ultramarine workshops and imperial museum cases, lapis lazuli's journey through Eurasian trade raises questions about provenance, naming, and colonial collecting.