Byzantine / Necklace with Medallion and Amulet / Medallion: first half 5th c.; amulet: 2nd c.

Byzantine
Necklace with Medallion and Amulet
Medallion: first half 5th c.; amulet: 2nd c.
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Creator Nationality: Asian; Anatolian; Byzantine
Creator Name-CRT: Byzantine
Title: Necklace with Medallion and Amulet
View: Principal view
Creation Start Date: 100
Creation End Date: 450
Creation Date: Medallion: first half 5th c.; amulet: 2nd c.
Object Type: Costume and Jewelry
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: http://www.metmuseum.org/education/er_photo_lib.asp
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)
AMICA ID: MMA_.58.12
AMICA Library Year: 2001
Media Metadata Rights: Copyright (c) 2001 The Metropolitan Museum of Art. All Rights Reserved

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