Reproduction of a gold tripartite shrine with birds

Emile Gilliéron 

Period:
Late Helladic I
Date:
ca. 1550-1500 B.C.
Culture:
Mycenaean
Medium:
gold electrotype
Dimensions:
Other: 3 x 2 3/4 x 1/8 in. (7.6 x 7 x 0.3 cm)
Credit Line:
Dodge Fund, 1906
Accession Number:
06.252
  • Description

    Excavated 1876 in Shaft Grave III, Grave Circle A, Mycenae.

    The original is in the National Archaeological Museum, Athens.

  • References

    Wurtemberg Electro-Plate Co. 1906. A brief account of E. Gillieron's beautiful copies of some Mycenaean antiquities in galvano-plastic. Geislinen Stuttgart : Wurtemberg Electro-Plate Co., 14, no. 49.

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