Works of Art (30)
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Armlet, 1030, Gurgan, Iran, Gold (57.88ac) |
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Belt or harness ornament with an eagle and its prey, 1st century B.C.1st century A.D.; Parthian period, Iran, Gold inlaid with turquoise (17.190.2055) |
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Cross Pendant, ca. 10801130, Byzantine; Made in Constantinople, Gold and enamel worked in cloisonné (1998.542) |
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Cup with a frieze of gazelles, early 1st millennium B.C., Northwestern Iran, Capsian region, Gold (62.84) |
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Dress ornaments, 5th century B.C., Scythian; Possibly northern Black Sea region, Gold (24.97.50-.51) |
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Earring in the form of a three-lobed wineskin, 2nd century B.C.2nd century A.D.; Parthian period, Mesopotamia, Gold (1995.366) |
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Elements from a necklace, late 14thearly 15th century; Timurid, Iran, Gold sheet, chased and set with turquoise, gray, chalcedony, and glass (1989.87al) |
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Enameled gold pendant, 19th century, Iran, Fabricated from sheet and half-round wire, enameled on obverse and reverse (20.106.2) |
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Fluted bowl, Achaemenid, reign of Darius I or II, 522486 B.C. or 432405 B.C.,
Iran, Gold (54.3.1) |
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Four strands of beads, 25002400 B.C.; Early Dynastic IIIa period, Excavated at the "Great Death Pit," Ur, Mesopotamia, Gold, lapis lazuli (33.35.48) |
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Girdle with Coins and Medallions, ca. 583, Byzantine; Found in 1902 at Karavás, Cyprus (reassembled after discovery), Gold (17.190.147,1991.136) |
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Gold beads from a necklace, 19thearly 20th century, Saudi Arabia, Fabricated from sheet, wire, and swaged wire, decorated with granulation, set with turquoise (1980.306a-e) |
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Gold stater, ca. 560546 B.C., Lydian; From Sardis, Gold (26.59.2) |
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Headdress with leaf-shaped ornaments, 26002500 B.C.; Early Dynastic period IIIa; Sumerian style, Excavated at "King's Grave," Ur, Mesopotamia, Gold, lapis lazuli, carnelian (33.35.3) |
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Helmet with divine figures beneath a bird with outstretched wings, 14th century B.C.; Middle Elamite period, Southwestern Iran, Bronze (63.74) |
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Lunate earrings, 25002400 B.C.; Early Dynastic IIIa period, Excavated at the "Great Death Pit," Ur, Mesopotamia, Gold (33.35.45,.46) |
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Necklace choker, 25002400 B.C.; Early Dynastic IIIa period, Excavated at the "Great Death Pit," Ur, Mesopotamia, Gold, lapis lazuli (33.35.47) |
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Necklace pendants and beads, 17th16th century B.C.; late Old Babylonian period, Mesopotamia, Gold (47.1b) |
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Pair of earrings, 11th century, Greater Syria, Gold: fabricated from wire and sheet, decorated with granulation; originally outlined with strung pearls and/or stones (1979.278.2a,b) |
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Pair of earrings, 2nd1st century B.C.; Hellenistic, Greek, Gold, beryl, and garnet (74.51.3401-3402) |
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Pectoral Cross, 6th7th century,
Byzantine (Constantinople?),
Gold (2006.569) |
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Pendant Brooch with Cameo of Enthroned Virgin and Child, cameo 11th12th century; Rus' mount 12th14th century,
Byzantine (Constantinople),
Chalcedony cameo in gold mount with pearls, emeralds, garnets, sapphires, and sardonyx intaglio (2007.9) |
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Revetments from an Icon of the Virgin, ca. 1100, Byzantine; Made in Constantinople, Cloisonné enamel, gold; Halo fragments (17.190.644-.648) |
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Ring of Leontios, 9901030, Byzantine, Gold and niello (1982.282) |
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Seated goddess with a child, Hittite Empire, Old Hittite; 15th13th century B.C.,
Anatolia, central region,
Gold, (1989.281.12) |
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Solidus of Constantius II (Sole Emperor, 350361), 350361, Byzantine, Gold (04.35.18) |
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Solidus of Justinian I (r. 527565), 538565, Byzantine; Minted in Constantinople, Gold (99.35.7406) |
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Star-Shaped Brooch with Intaglio, setting 9601000, intaglio 337361, Ottonian (setting), Byzantine (intaglio), Gold with pearls and star sapphire (1988.15) |
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Two beads, 11th century; Fatimid, Syria, Gold, fabricated from wire and strips of sheet, decorated with granulation (1980.457) |
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Vessel terminating in the forepart of a lion, Achaemenid, 5th century B.C.,
Iran, Gold (54.3.3) |
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Thematic Essays (9)
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