Ancient Carved Ambers in the J. Paul Getty Museum Picture Worlds textiles and other objects associated

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Ancient Carved Ambers in the J. Paul Getty Museum Picture Worlds textiles and other objects associatedFaya Causey This catalogue presents a group of remarkable amber carvings from the J. Paul Getty Museums collectionthe second largest body of this material in the United States and one of the most important in the world. The fifty six Etruscan, Greek, and Italic carved ambers date from around 650 to 300 BCE Offering a full description of each piece, including typology, style, chronology, provenance, condition, and iconography, the catalogue is preceded