Having greatly enjoyed researching and writing about ancient and recent jewelry in my blog on Garnets (Glorious Garnets) and on silver jewelry in Silver II, I decided to present in this blog, “A Gallery of Ancient Gold Jewelry”, gold coinage and art works from around the world. Despite gold’s tendency to tarnish – its metallic beauty and its workability, stemming from its Mohs softness of 2.5-3, [Ref 1] it has long been a favorite with artisans using techniques such as casting of three-dimensional objects [Ref 2], chasing and repousse’, for the shaping of sheet gold, [Ref 3] and its alloys [Ref 4], and the forming of shapes using filagree and decorating with granulation [Ref 5], as well as the embossing coinage [Ref 6], and as an inlay [Ref 7]. Alloys of gold span the color spectrum offering a palette of colors to the artisan, ranging from purple to red, as well as white. Gold objects fabricated using these techniques comprise this gallery.

ANCIENT AND PERIOD GOLD JEWELRY

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Art Work References:

Ref 8. https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-history-gold-art-ancient-egyptian-burial-masks-jeff-koons

 Ref 9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inca_Empire

 Ref 10. https://masksoftheworld.com/pre-columbian-burial-mask/

Ref 11. https://www.christies.com/lotfinder/Lot/a-gold-and-silver-inlaid-bronze-censer-fangding-5805296-details.aspx

Ref 12. http://new.uniquejapan.com/an-example-of-a-custom-koshirae-with-edo-period-piece-mountings/

Ref 13https://www.pinterest.com/pin/51298883231615583/

 Ref 14https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakud%C5%8D

Ref 15. https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/34416

Ref 16. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shibuichi