Repoussé plaque with a woman-bee hybrid
660–620 B.C.
Country of Origin, for CustomsGreece
Place of ManufactureKameiros, Rhodes, Greece
Medium/TechniqueElectrum, repoussé
DimensionsHeight: 3.2 cm (1 1/4 in.); width: 2 cm (13/16 in.)
Credit LineHenry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession number99.396
On View
On viewClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
Collections
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)
9th–8th century B.C.
9th–8th century B.C.
19th century
19th century
19th century
19th century
19th century
late 10th–early 11th century
12th–13th century
mid 7th–6th century B.C.
650–500 B.C.