The Metropolitan Museum of Art - Oval Brooch

Oval Brooch

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Oval Brooch

Date:: 10th century
Geography:: Made in Scandinavia
Culture:: Viking
Medium:: Copper alloy, gilt
Dimensions:: Overall: 4 1/2 x 2 15/16 x 1 11/16 x 4 1/2 in. (11.4 x 7.5 x 4.3 x 11.4 cm)
Classification:: Metalwork
Credit Line:: Purchase, Fletcher Fund, and Bequest of Gwynne M. Andrews, by exchange, 1982
Accession Number:: 1982.323.1

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 301

Description

Large ornamental brooches were worn in pairs by women as dress fasteners. The interlacing animal forms across the surface were originally brightly gilded.
Provenance

Private Collection(sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 1980); Rainer Zietz Limited, London (sold 1982)
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What
Metal (59,364)

Costume (41,678)

Copper alloy (16,630)

Metalwork (14,716)

Gilt (9,043)

Jewelry (7,519)

Copper (6,255)

Pins (1,471)

Brooches (596)
Where
Europe (148,586)

Scandinavia (39)
When
A.D. 500-1000 (6,672)
In the Museum
Medieval Art (6,712)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Eastern Europe and Scandinavia, 500–1000 A.D.
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