COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
Record
AMICA ID:
MMA_.40.11.7-.18
AMICA Library Year:
2000
Object Type:
Costume and Jewelry
Creator Nationality:
European; Southern European; Etruscan
Creator Name-CRT:
Etruscan
Title:
Set of jewelry
Title Type:
Object name
View:
Full View
Creation Date:
early 5th century B.C.
Creation Start Date:
-499
Creation End Date:
-466
Materials and Techniques:
Gold, glass, rock crystal, agate, carnelian
Classification Term:
Gold and Silver
Dimensions:
L. of necklace 14 3/16 in. (36 cm); D. of disks 2 7/16 in. (6.1 cm); L. of fibula 1 15/16 in. (5 cm); L. of fibulae 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm); L. of pin 2 7/8in. (7.3 cm); D. of ring with youth intaglio 7/8 in. (2.2 cm); D. of ring with Herakles intaglio 15/16 in. (2.4 cm); D. of ring with bird intaglio 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm); D. of plain ring 31/32 (2.45 cm); D. of ring with lion intaglio 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)
AMICA Contributor:
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location:
New York, New York, USA
ID Number:
40.11.7-.18
Credit Line:
Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1940
Context:
The tomb group represents one of the richest and most impressive sets of Etruscan jewelry ever found. It comprises a splendid gold and glass pendant necklace, a pair of gold and rock-crystal disk earrings, a gold dress fastener (fibula) decorated with a sphinx, a pair of plain gold fibulae, a gold dress pin, and five finger rings. Two of the rings have engraved scarabs that revolve on a swivel bezel; one is decorated with embossed satyr heads, and the other two have decorated gold bezels.
Related Image Identifier Link:
MMA_.gr40.11.7-.18.R.tif
