/kloc-in the 0/4th century, figures, animals and plants began to appear in amber sculptures. By the middle of14th century, European amber sculptures began to involve religious figures and articles, such as the appearance of statues of the virgin and saints.
The amber carving technology in Europe reached its peak in the17th century. At that time, amber sculpture art was regarded as a diplomatic gift of the rulers at that time and a symbol of royal dignitaries. In order to show imperial power and show off national strength, royal amber carvings are mainly bulky, complex and fine, and even matched with gold. But interestingly, amber was not popular as jewelry at that time.
/kloc-in the 0/8th century, amber gradually became popular in Europe and became an element of high-end furniture.
As time went on to the18th century, amber gradually became popular in Europe, and amber elements also appeared on high-end furniture, and amber decorations appeared on wardrobe doors, drawers and desktops.
Amber ore was discovered in Poland from the end of18th century to the middle of19th century. In this way, amber was mined and exported in large quantities in the case of abundant resources, and amber began to be exported to Islam and various religious countries, making a large number of religious articles, such as Islamic twisted beads and Tibetan beeswax cakes. Therefore, Poland is a first-class amber-inlaid country among several amber countries in Europe, but in fact, the whole of Europe is a continent that is extremely short of gold and silver mines, so gold and silver have always been the exclusive enjoyment of European nobles.
/kloc-at the end of 0/9, Austria invented amber pressing technology. At the end of 19, Austria first invented amber suppression technology, and then it began to be widely used in Germany, Russia and other countries.
This suppressed amber also flowed into China at that time, that is, the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China. Therefore, in today's antique market in China, it is not difficult to find this kind of old pressed amber. Because the technology was not mature at that time, the suppression traces of this amber were obvious, such as obvious bloodshot.
The old amber necklaces in the 5th century1-AD, the old amber in Europe has no barrel beads with Chinese style, and most of them are irregular abacus beads.
Around 10 century old amber ornaments 1600, amber cylindrical necklace.
The understanding of amber at home and abroad has a long development process.