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Disc with gold sun rays, red stones around

Georgia Museums, Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi

Gold disc with red stones around. There are triangles below the stones, negative space resembles the rays of the sun.

Goldsmithery was an especially advanced branch of artisanship in the Kingdom of Kartli. Adornment of gold items with coloured stones is the main feature of the art style of the epoch.

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Gold disc with red stones around
Taken on  Thursday 02nd of July 2015
Device: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model: SP800UZ
Source:  Tbilisi, Georgia
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