Pl.12 - 'Shell gold'

Powdered gold leave bound with gum arabic in a shell. Gold paint produced this way is commonly called ‘shell gold’ (reconstruction by Timea Tallian).
posted by Timea on Tuesday, November 20, 2007 - link to this photo

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