Roundel with a Mounted Falconer and Hare, 12th–13th century, with early 20th-century additions, Attributed to Iran, Gypsum plaster; modeled, painted, and gilded, Diam. 7-1/2 in. (19 cm), Sculpture, This piece speaks to a “transformation” trend of the early twentieth century: the “improvement” (if not forging) of artifacts. The addition of polychromy and gilding was common, but analyses can prove twentieth-century intervention only if the pigments are modern
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Roundel, Mounted Falconer, Hare, 12th–13th century, early 20th-century additions, Attributed, Iran, Gypsum plaster, modeled, painted, gilded, Diam, 7-1/2, 19 cm, Sculpture, piece, speaks, transformation, trend, twentieth, century, improvement, if, forging, artifacts, addition, polychromy, gilding, common, analyses, prove twentieth-century, intervention, pigments, modern
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