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Repoussé plaque with a winged goddess holding lions

660–620 B.C.
Country of Origin, for CustomsGreece
Place of ManufactureKameiros, Rhodes, Greece
Medium/TechniqueElectrum, repoussé
Dimensions3.7 x 2 cm (1 7/16 x 13/16 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number99.392
On View
On view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceBy date unknown: W. H. Forman Collection; inherited from him by Mrs. Burt and then, about 1889, by A. H. Browne; by 1899: with Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 13 Wellington Strand, London, W.C. (sale of the Forman collection, June 19-22, lot 397, partial; said to have come from Kameiros, Rhodes); 1899: with Edward Perry Warren; 1899: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 32,500.00 (this is the total price for MFA 99.338-99.542)