Detail View: The AMICA Library: Group of figures
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AMICA ID:
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MMA_.1992.11.22,23,28,29a-
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AMICA Library Year:
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2000
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Object Type:
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Costume and Jewelry
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Creator Nationality:
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European; Southern European; Italian
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Creator Name-CRT:
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Italic
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Title:
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Group of figures
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Title Type:
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Object name
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View:
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Full View, 1992.11.22
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Creation Date:
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7th-5th century B.C.
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Creation Start Date:
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-699
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Creation End Date:
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-400
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Materials and Techniques:
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Amber
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Classification Term:
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Miscellaneous-Amber
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Dimensions:
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L. of thunderbolt 2 1/16 in. (5.2 cm); L. of hippocamp 2 3/16 in. (5.5 cm); H. of head 2 1/2 in. (6.3 cm); L. of quails 3/4-15/16 in. (1.9-2.4 cm)
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AMICA Contributor:
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Owner Location:
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New York, New York, USA
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ID Number:
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1992.11.22, 23, 28, 29a-
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Credit Line:
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Purchase, Renée E. and Robert A. Belfer, Mrs. Patti Cadby Birch and The Joseph P. Rosen Foundation, Inc. Gifts, and Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1992
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Rights:
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Context:
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These examples are from a collection of about 615 individual carved ambers, which are exceptional in terms of quality, rarity, type, and condition. As is usual with early Italic ambers, the pieces are mostly pendants from necklaces, belts, or fibulae. They range from simple beads to elaborate ornaments. Notable among the figured ambers are several human heads, a hippocampus, and a thunderbolt as well as a remarkable array of animals. The bulk of the ambers may be asigned to the late sixth and fifth centuries B.C. |
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Related Image Identifier Link:
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MMA_.gr1992.11.22.R.tif
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