greek-museums:Archaeological Museum of Arta:Finds from graves during the Classical and Hellenistic p
greek-museums:Archaeological Museum of Arta:Finds from graves during the Classical and Hellenistic period.What is most striking about the quality of the jewellery is that behind the deceptive abundance most of the earrings and bracelets are cut out gold leaf treated with repoussage. The degree of sophistication in these objects is not so great. On the one hand since these objects escorted one to the grave, maybe there was no need for them to be too refined. This could also mean that though a lot more people have access to gold, good craftmanship is either too expensive for most, or rather generally underdeveloped in Ancient Ambracia. -- source link
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