Sunken-relief

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Sunken-relief depiction of Pharoah Ankhenaten with his wife Nefertiti and daughters.

Sunken-relief of Mert Akbal showing Prometheus carying two screens

Sunken-relief, otherwise known as intaglio or sometimes hollow-relief, is a method of sculpting which entails carving or etching an image into the surface of a flat piece of stone, metal or wood. This method creates a relief which is effectively a negative of the usual bas-relief type.

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