Gold strap necklace with seedlike pendants
Gold strap necklace with seed-like pendants, part of the Madytos Jewelry.
This group of jewelry is said to have come from a tomb at Madytos on the European side of the Hellespont. The gold diadem is richly worked in repousse with an elaborate floral pattern. Dionysos, the god of wine, and his wife, Ariadne, sit in the center; muses playing musical instruments perch among the vines and along the sides. The tiny figure of a must playing a lyre also appears just above the crescent form on each of the boat-shaped earrings. The seedlike pendants of the earrings are identical to those on the elaborate necklace.
This group of jewelry is said to have come from a tomb at Madytos on the European side of the Hellespont. The gold diadem is richly worked in repousse with an elaborate floral pattern. Dionysos, the god of wine, and his wife, Ariadne, sit in the center; muses playing musical instruments perch among the vines and along the sides. The tiny figure of a must playing a lyre also appears just above the crescent form on each of the boat-shaped earrings. The seedlike pendants of the earrings are identical to those on the elaborate necklace.
Artwork Details
- Title: Gold strap necklace with seedlike pendants
- Period: Hellenistic
- Date: ca. 330–300 BCE
- Culture: Greek
- Medium: Gold
- Dimensions: H. 1 1/4 in.(3.2cm), W. 2.293oz. (3.2 cm, 65g); length 12 3/4 in. (32.3 cm); Length of terminals 13/16 in. (2 cm)
- Classification: Gold and Silver
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1906
- Object Number: 06.1217.13
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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