Ukrainian gold

[winter]

It's been three weeks, but the exhibition is still ongoing, so those currently in Warsaw can still go see the Ukrainian gold from the PLATAR collection on show at the National :) It's an amazing exhibition - perfectly preserved ceramics and jewelry from the least-known cultures that wintered in Ukraine and Poland before the current era began. Scythian motives run to stylised animals, and they traded extensively with Greeks, so the craftmanship is astounding.



More images in my gallery of the exhibition. Forgive the poor framing at times - I only had the Panasonic TZ3, not the best camera for indoor photography, so I concentrated on sharp pictures.

Comments

[winter]

Mind you, the cross necklace further on IS from the already Russian Orthodox Kiev Russia :) But it's the Scythian motives that I find most interesting, exactly because of how modern they look.

[ariss-tenoh.livejournal.com]

That cross necklace looks like something a Gothic Lolita would wear. Very pretty.

Interesting isn't it? How the motifs cross cultures.