Gold necklace

Gold necklace

Description:

The general shape and allocation of the decoration may be compared with glass pendants of the Mycenaean period, examples of which (25.78.14–.21) can be seen downstairs on the west side of the Museum's Robert and Renée Belfer Court.


Other: 9 5/16 in. (23.7 cm)

Period:

Late Bronze Age II

Date:

1400 - 1200 BC

Collection:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance:

From Cyprus

References:

Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1903. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 3. pl. X, 2, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 3005, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Karageorghis, Vassos, Joan Mertens, and Marice E. Rose. 2000. Ancient Art from Cyprus: The Cesnola Collection in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. no. 113, p. 70, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Picón, Carlos A. 2007. Art of the Classical World in the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Greece, Cyprus, Etruria, Rome no. 273, pp. 235, 460, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Accession Number:

74.51.3005