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Gold, Silver and Glass takes an innovative approach to our understanding of cultural interaction in antiquity. It contains 14 papers arising from an international conference held at the British Museum in June 2023 and associated with the special exhibition Luxury and Power: Persia to Greece. The papers are by invited specialists ranging from the UK, America, France and Greece to Ukraine, Russia, Armenia, Kazakhstan, China and Japan. They are divided into two parts, focused on cultural and technological interactions respectively. The first examines definitions of Greek and Eurasian culture, challenges perceptions and creates new avenues of research. The second looks critically at issues of metrology and value of silver in antiquity, and presents case-studies containing new scientific analyses of Achaemenid, Saka and Chinese gold and silverwares, and gold-leaf glass.
Contents
List of Figures and Tables
Introduction - St John Simpson
Acknowledgements
Did Buddhist Concepts Reach Iron Age Scandinavia? The Gundestrup Cauldron, the 14-Spoked Wheel and the 'Axial Age' - Timothy Taylor
The Persian Parthenon - Thomas Harrison
Persian and Greek Arts in the World of the Scythian Warriors of Asia: from Monuments to Bodies, the Choice of the Nomads - Henri-Paul Francfort
On the Problem of the Artistic and Manufacturing Centres in the Eurasian Nomadic World - Elena Korolkova
Dragons in the Scythian Fantastic Bestiary - Sergey Polin and Marina Daragan
Objects Made from Human Crania in Scythian Burials in the Northern Black Sea Region - Marina Daragan and Sergei Polin
Ancient Armenia: Historical and Cultural Connections Based on the Collections in the History Museum of Armenia - Nzhdeh Yeranyan, Ruben Vardanyan, Armine Zohrabyan, Hasmik Margaryan
Persian Gold - Jack Ogden
Metrology 40 years on - M. Vickers
Achaemenid Silver: An Essay on the Fungibility of Meaning - Henry P. Colburn
An Achaemenid Silver 'Rattling Bowl' - Julien Cuny, Benoît Mille, Agnès Lattuati-Derieux
Achaemenid-Style Silverware and Gold Ornaments: a Taste for Luxury in Early Imperial China - Yan Liu
Money Talks, Wealth Whispers: Iron Age Saka Microbead Goldsmithing Technology - Saltanat Amir, Rinat Zhumatayev, Samat Shakenov, Akbar Yergabylov, Rebecca Roberts, Marcos Martinón-Torres
Transparent Glass for an Elite Greek Society - Despina Ignatiadou
Cut Gold Leaf Decoration on Hellenistic-Early Roman Glass and Marble Antiquities:a Comparison with the Kirikane Cut Gold Leaf Technique of Far Eastern Buddhist Art - Yasuko Fujii and Hidetoshi Namiki
Conclusions - St John Simpson
The Contributors
Bibliography
Index
