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The Ottoman Reconstructed Stone: Composite Gems...
How Ottoman goldsmiths used composite and reconstructed stones to meet courtly demand, and what these assembled jewels reveal about Eurasia's long-distance gem trade and shifting ideas of authenticity.
The Ottoman Reconstructed Stone: Composite Gems...
How Ottoman goldsmiths used composite and reconstructed stones to meet courtly demand, and what these assembled jewels reveal about Eurasia's long-distance gem trade and shifting ideas of authenticity.
When Citrine Left the Cabinet: Elite Collection...
How did yellow quartz become citrine in museum collections? A historical look at elite cabinets, institutional classification, and the gap between everyday and elite use.
When Citrine Left the Cabinet: Elite Collection...
How did yellow quartz become citrine in museum collections? A historical look at elite cabinets, institutional classification, and the gap between everyday and elite use.
The Lapidary’s Alchemy: Paste Jewels, the Langu...
How paste jewelry exposes the gap between pre-modern lapidary classification and modern gemology, showing how astrological correspondences shaped the meaning of materials.
The Lapidary’s Alchemy: Paste Jewels, the Langu...
How paste jewelry exposes the gap between pre-modern lapidary classification and modern gemology, showing how astrological correspondences shaped the meaning of materials.
A Stone Without a Dynasty: Tanzanite and the Pr...
How did a twentieth-century gemstone with no royal history come to be marketed in the language of court culture? A study of tanzanite's production networks and invented prestige.
A Stone Without a Dynasty: Tanzanite and the Pr...
How did a twentieth-century gemstone with no royal history come to be marketed in the language of court culture? A study of tanzanite's production networks and invented prestige.
When Gemstones Voted: Votive Gems and the Theat...
How engraved gemstones and jeweled votive objects functioned in Greek and Roman sanctuaries, what temple inventories reveal about civic power, and why ancient gemstone names resist modern identification.
When Gemstones Voted: Votive Gems and the Theat...
How engraved gemstones and jeweled votive objects functioned in Greek and Roman sanctuaries, what temple inventories reveal about civic power, and why ancient gemstone names resist modern identification.
The Stone That Stayed: Chinese Jade Carving Und...
How imperial patronage, treaty-port trade, and museum reclassification reshaped the social life of Chinese jade — a counterexample to gemstone extraction narratives.
The Stone That Stayed: Chinese Jade Carving Und...
How imperial patronage, treaty-port trade, and museum reclassification reshaped the social life of Chinese jade — a counterexample to gemstone extraction narratives.