Definizione

• Sunken Relief.  Negative relief; the design projects below the background. Sunken relief is also called incised (cut into) or intaglio (stamped into) a surface. It appears as a concave area to the viewer.  See relief.

  excerpted with permission from

  An Encyclopedia of Coin and Medal Technology

  For Artists, Makers, Collectors and Curators

  COMPILED AND WRITTEN BY D. WAYNE JOHNSON

  Roger W. Burdette, Editor

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