This material was used to make Francis I's salt cellar by Benvenuto Cellini ["chu-LEE-nee"] .
It's not paint, but a "ground" of this material was often added to gesso, polished with a dog's tooth, and then tooled with punches. This is the most visible material in the reclining Buddha chapel of Wat Pho in Bangkok. This material depicts a man's rectangle-patterned cloak and a woman's circle- patterned dress in a 1907 (*) painting. This material is combined with ivory in chryselephantine sculptures. This material was used to make Francis I's salt cellar by Benvenuto Cellini ["chu-LEE-nee"] . This material covers The Kiss and other works by Gustav Klimt. For 10 points—paintings are often enhanced with thin "leaf" of what precious metal?
It's not paint, but a "ground" of this material was often added to gesso, polished with a dog's tooth, and then tooled with punches.
gold [accept gold leaf; accept gilt] &lt;JR&gt;