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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1910.20.1-23
People
Emile Gilliéron or son, Swiss (1850 - 1924; 1885 - 1939)
Title
Reproductions of Mycenaean Rings
Classification
Jewelry
Work Type
ring
Date
19th-20th century
Period
Helladic period, Late
Culture
Mycenaean
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/288588

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Nine electrotypes of gold originals, one stone reproduction; intaglio
Technique
Electrotype

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Gift of James Loeb
Accession Year
1910
Object Number
1910.20.1-23
Division
Asian and Mediterranean Art
Contact
am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Reproduction of Mycenaean rings. One electrotype has two rows of different horned cow-heads in intaglio. The rows are divided by a row of eleven dots. To the left of the rows is an odd figure identified as a Trojan Palladium by Schliemann. The original was found in Grave Circle A. Another electrotype shows two winged griffins back to back facing each other. The original was found in a chamber tomb at Mycenae. The stone reproduction is of a jasper original with a man holding a lion in each of his outstretched arms. The original was found in a chamber tomb at Mycenae. Exact prototypes of the other rings have yet to be identified.

Verification Level

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