Chlorite necklace with 36 biconical beads, Late Bronze Age II Cypriot jewelry

Late Bronze Age II

Chlorite necklace with 36 biconical beads

Some beads have concentric circles. Approximate length of whole 26 1/2 in. (67.3 cm)

Date

1600 - 600 BC

Accession No.

74.51.5009

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Cesnola, Luigi Palma di. 1903. A Descriptive Atlas of the Cesnola Collection of Cypriote Antiquities in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Vol. 3. pl. CXIV.3, Boston: James R. Osgood and Company.Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 1548, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Hermary, Antoine and Joan R. Mertens. 2013. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Stone Sculpture. no. 578, pp. 402-3, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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