This remarkable object gains most of its effect from the calligraphic use of filigree wire on its large flat surface. There are now no traces of enamel, but this may well have added the further dimension of color.
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Title:Gold pediment-shaped brooch
Period:Late Classical
Date:ca. 340–320 BCE
Culture:Greek
Medium:Gold
Dimensions:length 3 1/16in. (7.8cm)
Classification:Gold and Silver
Credit Line:Rogers Fund, 1906
Object Number:06.1159
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Richter, Gisela M. A. 1917. Handbook of the Classical Collection. p. 152, fig. 97, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Alexander, Christine. 1928. Jewelry: The Art of the Goldsmith in Classical Times as Illustrated in the Museum Collection. p. 42, fig. 92, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Richter, Gisela M. A. 1930. Handbook of the Classical Collection. pp. 331–32, fig. 235, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
McClees, Helen and Christine Alexander. 1933. The Daily Life of the Greeks and Romans: As Illustrated in the Classical Collections, 5th ed. pp. 63, 65, fig. 78, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
McClees, Helen and Christine Alexander. 1941. The Daily Life of the Greeks and Romans: As Illustrated in the Classical Collections, 6th ed. pp. 63, 65, fig. 78, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Bandinelli, Ranuccio Bianchi. 1958. Enciclopedia dell'Arte Antica, Classica e Orientale, Vol. 3. p. 671, fig. 825, Rome: Instituto della Enciclopedia Italiana.
von Bothmer, Dietrich and Joan R. Mertens. 1982. The Search for Alexander: Supplement to the Catalogue. no. S57, p. 17, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Williams, Dyfri and Jack Ogden. 1994. Greek Gold: Jewelry of the Classical World. no. 24, p. 71, New York: Harry N. Abrams, Inc.
Nara National Museum. 2008. Pegasus and the Heavenly Horses: Thundering Hoofs on the Silk Road. no. 20, pp. 41, 252, Nara: Nara National Museum.
Picón, Carlos A. 2009. "Glass and Gold of the Hellenistic and Early Roman World." Philippe de Montebello and the Metropolitan Museum of Art: 1977-2008, James R. Houghton, ed. pp. 20–1, fig. 31, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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