Chinese Bow, Liao dynasty - Public domain museum image. A close up of a piece of food on a table
Summary
Accession Number: 2008.189.1
Liao dynasty (907–1125)
Public domain photograph of museum object, China, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Much valued from antiquity to the present as a gemstone, amber is made into a variety of decorative objects. Amber is used in jewelry and has been used as a healing agent in folk medicine. There are five classes of amber, defined on the basis of their chemical constituents. Because it originates as a soft, sticky tree resin, amber sometimes contains animal and plant material as inclusions.
Date
0500 - 1500
Source
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Copyright info
Public Domain Dedication (CC0)