COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
MMA_.1995.97
AMICA Library Year:
2000
Object Type:
Costume and Jewelry
Creator Nationality:
Asian; Anatolian; Byzantine
Creator Name-CRT:
Byzantine, probably made in Constantinople
Title:
Crossbow Brooch
View:
Additional view
Creation Date:
First half 5th c.
Creation Start Date:
400
Creation End Date:
450
Materials and Techniques:
Foot: gold-wrought sheet; scribed, punched, engraved. Bow: gold-wrought sheet; wire-beaded, rope; granulation. Cap: gold-wrought sheet; wire-beaded. Screw mechanism: gold-wrought sheet, rod. Pin: gold-strip twisted.
Creation Place:
probably Constantinople
Dimensions:
L. 11.9 cm
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
ID Number:
1995.97
Credit Line:
Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1995
Provenance:
Ex coll.: Simon Bendel, London 1964-75; [Michael Ward, Inc., New York, 1995]
Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.dp30534.tif
