Figure 297

Detail showing foil gilding of face and hands using 0.1–0.2 mm gold foil (30–40% Ag) on an unalloyed copper cast. See also the aragonite in the left eye. The Worshipper of Larsa, Mesopotamia, 18th century BCE, H. 19.6 cm (Musée du Louvre, inv. AO15704). See .