Goblet, Trialeti barrow, spiral design with stones

Georgia Museums, Georgian National Museum, Tbilisi

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18th - 17th Centuries B.C. Goblet Gold, lapis lazuli, cornelian, jet, amber, height 7.5 sm., diameter 7.5 sm.  Lower Kartli, Trialeti Kurgan.

Made on a lathe from a single piece of gold. Double-walled body is decorated with volute-shaped applications and inlaid with cornelian, and lapis lazuli. The bottom is inlaid with amber and jet. Without known parallels.

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Gold goblet with lapis lazuli on twirls

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Source:  Tbilisi, Georgia