This book presents
nearly 200 objects of glyptic art from the Natsvlishvili Family
collection, Tbilisi, Georgia. Their cultural, geographical and
chronological diversity is considerable starting from the Near Eastern
cylinder and stamp seals as well as amulets, through the Egyptian
scarabs, Greek and Roman intaglios and cameos, the post-classical gems
and contemporary forgeries.
This eclectic collection was a base for an essay on the subject of how
to differentiate genuine ancient engraved gems from their modern copies,
pastiches and forgeries. That essay is an introduction to the detailed
analysis of the objects discussed in the catalogue section. Overall, it
is confirmed that the cabinet contains products of the local glyptics as
well as the imported ones to the territory of Georgia from all over the
world through ages. The book also gives a valuable insight into the
role of Tbilisi as a hub for exchange and trade in antiquities and works
of art in the second half of the 19th and 20th century.
The publication is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share
Alike 3.0 Poland license (CC BY 3.0 PL) (full license available at:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/pl/legalcode).
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