The art of inlaid gold, silver, and mother-of-pearl continued from the Tang into the Song Dynasty.

However, during the Song, the artistic craft also made use of inlaid gold in a process of which is to engrave intricate patterns in the lacquer surface and to fill the intaglio with gold powder.

The courtyard floor was delicate inlaid gold and red tile.

Tain polished the thin traceries of inlaid gold.

Twined ribbons of inlaid gold surrounded an intricate frieze of dancing mythological figures.

He reached beneath the armchair and pulled up a large inlaid gold and blue leather case.

Rare and curious did that archaic city rise above its walls and quays, all of delicate black with scrolls, flutings, and arabesques of inlaid gold.

Each bore its number in inlaid gold.

A gold-hilted sword was upon his thigh, the blade of which was gilded, bearing a cross of inlaid gold of the hue of the lightning of heaven.

She shuffled past one of the geodesic domes, which was covered in a mosaic of inlaid gold, and a kindly voice said, "My child, rest a moment.