#gold is an active hashtag on Bluesky. In the last 30 days, 493 people shared 6,780 posts with it — around 226 a day. Activity is up 2% versus the previous week, peaking on Aug 6 with 260 posts.

Posts with #gold

Patrick Kapty

@patrickkapty.bsky.social

5 days ago

Dagger of Princess Ita daughter of Pharaoh Amenemhat gold, bronze, lapis lazuli, carnelian, amazonite c. 1900 BCE Egypt #handmade #dagger #gold #bronze #lapislazuli #carnelian #amazonite #PrincessIta #amenemhat #c1900BCE #ancientegypt #ancientart #craft #ancientweapons #ceremonial #ritual #art

Discovered in the untouched tomb of Princess Ita, daughter of Pharaoh Amenemhat Il, this exquisite dagger was found resting beside her among an extraordinary collection of jewelry over 3,900 years old.
Although it has the form of a weapon, it was likely made as a ceremonial object. Its bronze blade is fitted into a gold hilt inlaid with lapis lazuli, carnelian and amazonite, while the crescent-shaped pommel is carved from a single piece of lapis lazuli.
The dagger also reveals Egypt's international connections during the Middle Kingdom. Its blade follows a Phoenician design, while the decorative patterns on the handle resemble those used in Minoan Crete, suggesting it was either imported or crafted in Egypt by a foreian artisan.
Today, the Dagger of Princess Ita is preserved in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

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OKITHAU

@okithau.bsky.social

over 1 year ago

#sfw #instream #commission #anthro #furry #jackal #gold #aesthetics

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Patrick Kapty

@patrickkapty.bsky.social

5 days ago

Elamite sculpture silver, gold c. 1500 BCE Elamite culture present day Iran An Elamite warrior attacking a Sumerian goddess, probably Ishtar. #art #ancientart #elamiteart #sculpture #silver #gold #conflict #war #warrior #propaganda #sumer #mesopotamia #ishtar #iran #iraq

This silver and gold composition is an Elamite masterpiece from southeastern Mesopotamia, dating to approximately 1500 BCE.
It is currently part of the Al Thani Collection.
The artifact is featured in the Animalia: Bestiary from The Al Thani Collection exhibition.
The Elamites were a rival civilization to the Mesopotamian confederation, and fought many wars over a nearly 2000 year period. I believe that this Elamite sculpture shows an Elamite warrior (king?) about to kill the Mesopotamian goddess Ishtar. Sort of war-time propaganda circa 1500 BCE!
A fierce and long-lasting rivalry existed between Elam and the city-states and empires of Mesopotamia for more than two millennia. This relationship swung between intense warfare, plundering, and trade.
Around 2700 BCE, one of the earliest recorded conflicts in human history took place between the Sumerians and the Elamites.
Ishtar also known as Inanna, was a mythological deity woman with horns and wings.
Ishtar, Queen of the night also known as Inanna was the ancient Sumerian goddess of love, fertility, sexual desire, conflict, war, justice, and power.

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Luis Cordoba Photographer

@luiscordoba.bsky.social

10 months ago

My #lover, the #moon, is bathed in #molten #gold #tonight, reflecting the #fire we hold until our next #date, #sunset #moonrise #today 𝗴𝗼 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝘆 𝗺𝗲𝗱𝗶𝗮 bsky.app/profile/did:... #moon #forest #scape #storytelling #luiscordobapharchive #art #photography #moonrise #bokeh

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Luis Cordoba Photographer

@luiscordoba.bsky.social

11 months ago

the explosive power of the water of the #NIAGARA #CANADA side #Falls. The original #scanned colors of the old film Kodacolor #Gold #scape #storytelling #luiscordobapharchive #eastcoastkin #art #photography 𝗺𝘆 𝗠𝗘𝗗𝗜𝗔▶️ bsky.app/profile/did:... 𝗺𝘆 𝗦𝗖𝗔𝗣𝗘▶️ bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Patrick Kapty

@patrickkapty.bsky.social

2 days ago

Anthropozoomorphic pectoral gold c. 100-700 CE Tolima culture Colombia #handmade #gold #pectoral #anthropozoomorphic #shaman #tolimaculture #colombia #ritual #religion #precolumbian #prehispanic #culture #afterlife #protection #fertility #rebirth #regeneration #spiritual #metropolitanmuseum #nyc

The Tolima peoples of Colombia's Magdalena Valley produced a distinctive type of gold object that had a high degree of consistency over a considerable period of time. The objects, figure pendants with zoomorphic and anthropomorphic references, were worn about the neck suspended from cords or thongs; they are almost flat, with sharp, symmetrical outlines. Their standard, identifiable forms verge on abstraction, but facial features such as the long, slender noses, beady eyes, and toothy mouths are depicted more realistically. Two basic configurations are known; the present example is of the "winged" body type. It has the squarish face with big, loopy ears, inverted L-shaped ornaments on top of the head, perhaps representing plumes, and the large bifurcated tail common on both types. Its midsection, however, below the splayed, fringed "arms," features elaborate openwork, perhaps depicting feathers or even a feathered costume. It has been suggested that the animal references of Tolima spread "wing" pendants—perhaps to bats, birds, and serpents—relate the figures to shamanism.
Metropolitan Museum, NYC

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Liza Adamczewski aka the accidental ecologist

@lizaadamczewski.bsky.social

over 1 year ago

Something for the weekend! A tiny pocket sized icon of a wood mouse. Available in my April studio sale. #Art #Painting #Mice #Gold #LouisArmstrong #LizaAdamczewski

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Jon Hawke

@archaeohawke.bsky.social

5 days ago

This exquisite 6thC brooch features an oval sardonyx stone cameo with a female portrait bust positioned in the centre of a #gold disc. This is decorated with a cabled border and circles and shapes made of fine wire, or filigree. 💜 Disc #brooch with cameo, 6th century CE. Amethyst, gold, sardonyx.

💜 Disc brooch with cameo, 6th century CE. Amethyst, gold, sardonyx. AN1909.816

See the brooch on display in Gallery 30 on Level 1. Ashmolean Museum Collection. AN1909.816

In Late Antiquity, disc brooches were used for fastening cloaks, but a piece of jewellery as finely wrought and valuable as this brooch would have been more decorative than practical.

The helmet worn by the central figure suggests an identification of either the Roman goddess of wisdom – and war – Minerva (Greek Athena), or Roma, the personified city of Rome. Polished amethysts and a garnet stone are suspended pendant-like from the base, marking the owner out as a wealthy and educated patron of the arts.

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Jon Hawke

@archaeohawke.bsky.social

9 days ago

In ancient Greece, a wealthy and fashionable woman’s #jewellery box may have contained a diadem, earrings, necklaces, bracelets and rings.✨ These #gold earrings, just 2cm long, are decorated with tiny, ornate rosettes. They are more than 2000 years old, dating to around 400–200 BCE. ✨

Greek craftspeople perfected gold-working, gem engraving and the use of moulds to make glass inlays and vessels.

See them on display in Gallery 16, Level G. Ashmolean Museum Collection .

✨ Gold earrings with rosettes, 400–200 BCE, ANOldfield.10

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Patrick Kapty

@patrickkapty.bsky.social

6 days ago

Anthropomorphic Pectoral gold-copper alloy c. 1000-1600 CE Tairona culture Colombia #handmade #gold #copper #alloy #anthropomorphic #pectoral #taironaculture #colombia #sierranevadadesantamarta #ritual #religion #culture #belief #precolumbian #prehispanicart #precolumbianjewelry #wearableart #art

In the north of Colombia, the powerful Tairona confederation produced very fine pectorals, which may have been worn during ceremonies and rituals. They depict richly attired men, probably caciques (chiefs) or shamans, wearing headdresses with stylised bird motifs and carrying staffs, which are interpreted as symbols of authority.
Louvre Museum, Paris

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Sara Jae 🌊🌟💫

@sarajae.bsky.social

about 1 year ago

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Palaeo

@palaeosinensis.com

over 1 year ago

"Wild Hearts" - Continuing to think in linocut terms and imagining if I had access to silver and gold inks as well. Things like this would have to be REAL big. #tiger #art #love #gold #silver #linocut