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Clothing attachment with bands of radiating ornament
Greek
Hellenistic Period
about 200 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Diameter: 3.2 cm.
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number1972.202
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Earrings, flares, plugs, studs
DescriptionOne of a group of three votive "shields" or discs, probably for attachment to clothing (see 1972.200 and 1972.201). The shield has three bands of radiating and running ornament in twisted wire filigree and granulation around a central rosette. The rosette has two raised tiers, the inner with 6 petals, the outer with eleven petals. Gold beads are placed at the center and in the outer petals of the rosette. Band 1 has sixteen tongues with clusters of fine granulation between their tips. Band 2 has twenty-six tongues with clusters of one to three granules between their tips. Band 3 is a braid. An astragal borders the shield. A loop in center of the back is for attachment.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Robert E. Hecht, Jr.; April 12, 1972: purchased by MFA from Robert E. Hecht, Jr.