Machabeli, K. Late Antique Toreutics of Georgia: Based on Materials from the First Centuries AD (Pozdneantichnaya torevtika Gruzii), 1976. In Russian.

Machabeli, K. Late Antique Toreutics of Georgia: Based on Materials from the First Centuries AD (Pozdneantichnaya torevtika Gruzii), 1976. In Russian.

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Machabeli, K. Late Antique Toreutics of Georgia: Based on Materials from the First Centuries AD (Pozdneantichnaya torevtika Gruzii), 1976. In Russian.
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Machabeli, K. Late Antique Toreutics of Georgia: Based on Materials from the First Centuries AD (Pozdneantichnaya torevtika Gruzii), 1976. In Russian.

$70.00

К. Мачабели. Позднеантичная торевтика Грузии (по материалам торевтики первых веков нашей эры).
Академия наук Грузинской ССР. Институт истории грузинского искусства.
Тбилиси: Мецниереба, 1976.
190 с., 24 листа илл. Энциклопедический формат. Тираж 1600 экз. Мягкий издательский переплет.
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K. Machabeli. Late Antique Toreutics of Georgia: Based on Materials from the First Centuries AD (Pozdneantichnaya torevtika Gruzii).
Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR. Institute of the History of Georgian Art.
Tbilisi: Metsniereba, 1976.
190 pp., 24 sheets of illus. Encyclopedic format. Edition of 1600 copies. Publisher's softcover.

This 1976 monograph by the distinguished art historian Kitty Machabeli is a definitive study of the metalworking traditions in Iberia and Colchis during the Roman and early Byzantine periods. The text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of ancient Georgian craftsmanship, including the arrangement of exhaustive stylistic and iconographic analyses of silver and gold vessels, jewelry, and ritual objects discovered in key archaeological sites such as Armazi, Bagineti, and Zghuderi. Machabeli examines the intricate synthesis of local Caucasian traditions with Hellenistic and Roman artistic influences, tracing the evolution of chasing and engraving techniques that defined the high status of the Iberian aristocracy.  As a vital primary source, this volume documents the systematic classification of late antique metalwork, featuring 24 full-page plates of high-quality illustrations that showcase the technical mastery of ancient Georgian toreuticians. Published by the Academy of Sciences' "Metsniereba" house in an encyclopedic format with a very limited print run of 1,600 copies, this work remains a significant bibliographical rarity for archaeologists, art historians, and collectors of specialized literature on ancient metalwork and Caucasian antiquities.

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