Electrotype copy of a gold bracelet, Archaic II Cypriot jewelry — Electrotype copy of a gold bracelet, Archaic II Cypriot, c. 599–400 BC. Metropolitan Museum of Art, 74.51.3553.Open Access by the MET

Archaic II

Electrotype copy of a gold bracelet

The original bracelets, stolen from the Metropolitan Museum in 1887, bore inscriptions indicating that they belonged to a certain Eteander, king of Paphos. These exact copies were made by Tiffany & Co., drawing on records made by the Museum before the theft. Diam. of the shank: 9.82 mm (Diam. of the brass rod): 11.37 mm Weight: 1 lb. 1.8 oz (505 g) Diameter of the bracelet: 4 1/8 in. ( 10.5 cm)

Classification

Object type: Jewellery
Date: 599 - 400 BC

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Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

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. I, 1, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 3553, 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. 375, pp. 236-7, 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. 293, pp. 251, 463-64, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Merrillees, Robert S. 2010. "Another Cesnola Puzzle: A pair of reproduction bracelets from Kourion in the Musée-château." Cahiers du Centre d'Etudes Chypriotes, 40: pp. 101-23.Karnava, Artemis and Massimo Perna. 2020. Inscriptiones Graecae, Inscriptiones Cypri, XV 1, 1. no. 121, p. 50, Berlin/ Boston: Walter de Gruyter & Co.

Identifiers

Accession no.: 74.51.3553, Metropolitan Museum of Art
In catalogues: Myres 1914, no. 3553
Karageorghis 2000, no. 375
Karnava 2020, no. 121

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