Answer the following about niello, a black alloy of sulfur that was often used for metalwork and inlaying, for 10 points each.
[10m] A Mycenaean shaft grave was the site of a dagger inlaid with niello that depicts one of these events. In an Assyrian artwork made of alabaster, three registers of low relief show the title figure riding a chariot during one of these events.
ANSWER: lion hunt [accept The Lion Hunt of Ashurbanipal; accept Lion Hunt Dagger; accept lionesses in place of “lions”; prompt on hunting or equivalents by asking “hunting what animals?”]
[10e] Niello was extensively used in Anglo-Saxon metalwork, like the Fuller Brooch unearthed at this site. King Rædwald (“RAD-wold”) may be the dedicatee of the ship burial unearthed at this East Anglian site.
ANSWER: Sutton Hoo
[10h] Niello inlay was used for a brass baptistère (“bah-tee-STAIR”) from this empire that was used to baptize Louis XIII. Venetian glass was greatly influenced by the enameled and gilded glass created by this empire.
ANSWER: Mamluk Sultanate [or Mamluks; or Salṭanat al-Mamālīk; accept Mamluk Egypt; reject “Egypt”]
<Painting & Sculpture>