The Ganymede jewelry: pair of bracelets with rock crystal hoops and gold rams’ heads
Gold, rock crystal.Ca. 330—300 BCE.
H. 7.8 cm, W. 8.0 cm; weight 60.5 and 60.1 g. Inv. No. 37.11.11—12.New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Ganymede jewelry: pair of bracelets with rock crystal hoops and gold rams’ heads.
Gold, rock crystal.
Ca. 330—300 BCE.
H. 7.8 cm, W. 8.0 cm; weight 60.5 and 60.1 g.
Ca. 330—300 BCE.
H. 7.8 cm, W. 8.0 cm; weight 60.5 and 60.1 g.
Inv. No. 37.11.11—12.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Private collection, Greece.
Origin:
Said to be from near Thessaloniki (Richter 1937, p. 292).
Around 1913, collection of M. Ritsos;
1913 — purchased by F. L. von Gans from M. Ritsos, Thessaloniki, Greece;
1919 — purchased by Kurt W. Bachstitz from von Gans, Frankfurt, Germany;
1937 — purchased by Metropolitan Museum (Harris Brisbane Dick Fund) from Bachstitz, New York.
Around 1913, collection of M. Ritsos;
1913 — purchased by F. L. von Gans from M. Ritsos, Thessaloniki, Greece;
1919 — purchased by Kurt W. Bachstitz from von Gans, Frankfurt, Germany;
1937 — purchased by Metropolitan Museum (Harris Brisbane Dick Fund) from Bachstitz, New York.
Description:
Pair of bracelets with rock crystal hoops and gold rams’ heads
The rock crystal hoops of these bracelets have been carefully cut, carved, and polished to produce a twisted appearance, highlighted by wire bindings fitted into the valleys. The rams’ heads emerge from long, elaborate collars decorated with three friezes enclosed within bands of darts and bordered by plain and beaded wire. The upper frieze, an ivy chain on a vine, is tied at the center with a Herakles knot and bears four bunches of grapes; the middle frieze has palmettes with pointed leaves; the third frieze, a palmette complex.
Credits:
© 1995. Photo, text: Д. Уильямс, Дж. Огден. Греческое золото. Ювелирное искусство классической эпохи. V—IV века до н. э. Каталог выставки. АО «Славия», СПб, 1995. С. 77, кат. № 32.
(cc) 2021. Description: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0 1.0).
(cc) 2021. Description: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (CC0 1.0).
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