The Canterbury pendant, made c.620s, buried ?mid7thC, w/ cross motif and garnet cloisonné: http://poppy.nsms.ox.ac.uk/woruldhord/contributions/699 …pic.twitter.com/2TF7Vo7PbK
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A tinted ivory diptych w/ circus scenes, c.400 AD, Louvre: http://www.kornbluthphoto.com/images/CircusDiptych1.jpg …pic.twitter.com/a7Ne7zF6xV
I love this thread! Thank you for sharing!
My pleasure, glad you like! :)
A 6th-7thC AD Sogdian silk jacket in the Sasanian style, featuring confronted peacocks in pearl rondels: http://sino-platonic.org/complete/spp206_sasanian_persia.pdf …pic.twitter.com/TIx4KE2n6p
it would suit a nice cravat.
Hah! :)
The colour used, in the whole series of photos, are similar to the Fabergé Imperial period. Another example of continuity.
Interesting idea! :)
It looks so modern.
Doesn't it! I do love ancient glass :)
What an amazing thing this is! The gold appears to be held in suspension in molten glass.
Agreed! Big fan of this kind of glass! :)
@byzyeileen Worthy of the 1970s. Have seen Roman wall painting and some of the taste is....dubious. ;-)
I didn’t even realize they had glass back then!
Stunning!
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