Late Bronze Age II
Gold necklace
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)
Date
1400 - 1200 BC
Accession No.
74.51.3005
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.