COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
MMA_.17.191.162
AMICA Library Year:
2001
Object Type:
Decorative Arts and Utilitarian Objects
Creator Nationality:
European; Frankish
Creator Name-CRT:
Frankish
Title:
Purse Mount with Animal-Head Terminals
View:
Additional view
Creation Date:
Late 5th
Creation Start Date:
466
Creation End Date:
499
Materials and Techniques:
Attachment plate: silver-wrought sheet; cells-garnets (flat with patterned foil, cabochon), glass (green, patterned foil), cuttlefish bone. Tongue, loop: iron. Restoration.
Dimensions:
L. 10.2 cm
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
ID Number:
17.191.162
Credit Line:
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Provenance:
Ex coll.: J. Pierpont Morgan, New York
Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.dp30169.tif
