Star-Shaped Brooch with Intaglio, ca. 950–1000 (setting); 337–50 (intaglio), Ottonian (Rhineland (?)) (setting); Byzantine (intaglio), Star sapphire, pearls, gold, Overall: Diam. 4 11/16 x 3/4 in. (Diam.11.9 x 1.9 cm), Metalwork-Gold, Jewels conveived as microarchitecure are one of the distinctive hallmarks of Ottonian goldsmiths' work. This brooch is compopsed of a series of arcaded gold cells, linked together to form a star, but its definite horizontal and vertical axes, in fact, make it cross shaped
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Star-Shaped Brooch, Intaglio, ca, 950–1000, setting, 337–50, intaglio, Ottonian, Rhineland, Byzantine, Star sapphire, pearls, gold, Overall, Diam, 4 11/16 x 3/4, Diam.11.9 1.9 cm, Metalwork-Gold, Jewels conveived, microarchitecure, distinctive hallmarks, Ottonian goldsmiths, work, brooch, compopsed, series, arcaded gold, cells, linked together, form, star, definite horizontal, vertical axes, fact, cross shaped
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