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Objects typically decorated with enamel- work ENAMELWORK Prepara- tion of the enamel Figure 178 : " Pala d'Oro , " altar screen. Enamel , in art , is a vitreous glaze or a combination of vitreous glazes fused on a metallic surface . The ...
Objects typically decorated with enamel- work ENAMELWORK Prepara- tion of the enamel Figure 178 : " Pala d'Oro , " altar screen. Enamel , in art , is a vitreous glaze or a combination of vitreous glazes fused on a metallic surface . The ...
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... enamel , but here there are two major differences . First , within the area that has been cut away to receive the enamel , a design or figural composition is chased ( chiselled ) , or sometimes engraved , in low relief . Because the ...
... enamel , but here there are two major differences . First , within the area that has been cut away to receive the enamel , a design or figural composition is chased ( chiselled ) , or sometimes engraved , in low relief . Because the ...
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... enamel colours Earliest known enamel- work Ming. SCALA - Art Resource BC ; but the most important of these Kuban enamels , the famous Maikop belt buckle ( the Hermitage , Leningrad ) depicting a griffin attacking a horse , is now ...
... enamel colours Earliest known enamel- work Ming. SCALA - Art Resource BC ; but the most important of these Kuban enamels , the famous Maikop belt buckle ( the Hermitage , Leningrad ) depicting a griffin attacking a horse , is now ...
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