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Date : near 650
Material : Gold in opus interrasile
Acquisition : Gift of Alastair Bradley Martin (1952)
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Objet(s) d'Art
Jewel
Vitrine : V01
Area related
Mont Pantalica
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| Description |  |
From the 200s, goldsmiths made elegant jewelry decorated by a technique called opus interrasile. The patterns were formed by piercing the sheet of gold to encourage the play of light and shadow.
This bracelet was part of a hoard of fourteen pieces of jewellery found in Sicily in 1903 : the Pantalica Treasure.
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