Detail View: The AMICA Library: Necklace with Medallion and Amulet

AMICA ID: 
MMA_.58.12
AMICA Library Year: 
2001
Object Type: 
Costume and Jewelry
Creator Nationality: 
Asian; Anatolian; Byzantine
Creator Name-CRT: 
Byzantine
Title: 
Necklace with Medallion and Amulet
View: 
Additional view
Creation Date: 
Medallion: first half 5th c.; amulet: 2nd c.
Creation Start Date: 
100
Creation End Date: 
450
Materials and Techniques: 
Medallion: gold-wrought sheet; repoussé; wire-beaded. Pendant: gold-wrought sheet; wire-beaded; hematite. Chain: gold; wire-block twisted.
Dimensions: 
L. 79 cm
AMICA Contributor: 
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Owner Location: 
New York, New York, USA
ID Number: 
58.12
Credit Line: 
Rogers Fund, 1958
Rights: 
Provenance: 
Ex coll.: [Hagob and Garbis Kalebdjian, Paris (by 1913)]; Jacob Hirsch, Lucerne (by 1945 or 1947); [Adolph Hess, Lucerne]
Context: 
From Piazza della Consolazione, Rome, Italy in 1908 (or 1910)
Related Image Identifier Link: 
MMA_.dp30690.tif