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[One of] Nine Rosettes
Greek
Late Classical Period
400–350 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Gold
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: Average Diameter: 0.034 m.; H.: 0.008 m.; Diam (of stems): 0.008 m.
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number66.877
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
DescriptionEach rosette, perhaps a stylized rose or anemone, made of two superposed sheets of gold with edges cut to form eight upturned and cupped petals. Eight-petalled rosettes in center bordered by tightly twisted rope wire. Petals alternate enameled white and turquoise blue. Thirty stamens radiate from under central rosette, of twisted wire ending in loops backed with gold foil. Each rosette mounted on a short cylindrical stem, punched with four holes at quarter-turns, and outer edge is bordered by a row of spool wire, fastened to petals by tabs.
ProvenanceBy 1966: with Dr. Leo Mildenberg, c/o Leu and Co.'s Bank Ltd., Bahnhofstrasse 32, Zurich, Switzerland; purchased by MFA from Dr. Leo Mildenberg, November 9, 1966