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Agate Lentoid

Period:
Late Minoan II
Date:
ca. 1450–1400 B.C.
Culture:
Minoan
Medium:
Agate
Dimensions:
diameter 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm) depth 1/2 in. (1.2 cm)
Classification:
Gems
Credit Line:
Purchase, by exchange, 1914
Accession Number:
14.104.1
  • Description

    Griffin

  • Provenance

    Until 1914, collection of Edward Perry Warren at Lewes House, Sussex; acquired in September 1914, purchased from E. P. Warren.

  • References

    Richter, Gisela M.A. 1915. "Department of Classical Art Accessions of 1914: Terracottas, Bronzes, Glass, and Gems." Bulletin of the Metropolitan Museum of Art 10(10): p. 212.

    Richter, G. M. A. 1920. Catalogue of Engraved Gems of the Classical Style. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, p. 10, no. 9.

    Boardman, J. 1970. Greek Gems and Finger Rings: Early Bronze Age to Late Classical. New York: Abrams, p. 101, pl. 84.

    Kenna, V. E. G. 1972. Corpus der minoischen und mykenischen Siegel. Vol. 12, Nordamerika I: New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Berlin: Gebr. Mann, p. 342, no. 247.

    Pini, I. 2000. "Der Cut Style in der spätbronzezeitlichen ägäischen Glyptik." In Munus: Festschrift für Hans Wiegartz, edited by Torsten Mattern. Münster: Scriptorium, p. 216, n. 60.

    Picón, C. A., et al. 2007. Art of the Classical World in The Metropolitan Museum of Art. New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, p. 411, no. 18, ill. p. 39.

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