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head-dress
;
pendant
Object Type
head-dress
pendant
Museum number
1881,0802.3
Description
Gold head-dress pendant (kolt); pelta-shaped sheet; hollow bifacial with polychrome cloisonné enamel inlays; on one side birds back-to-back with medallion between; on other scrolled panels and quatrefoil; loop supports and rebated edge for wire of pearls; small semi-circular hinged hoop; from a head-dress.
Cultures/periods
Kyivan Rus’ / Kievan Rus’
Production date
12thC
Production place
Made in:
Ukraine
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Desyatynna Church
(?; 1842)
Materials
gold
enamel
Technique
cloisonné (enamelling)
enamelled
inlaid
Dimensions
Height:
41 millimetres
Width:
35 millimetres
Depth:
9 millimetres
Curator's comments
Comment from Kidd, Haith & Ager 'Summary Catalogue' (draft MS) Published: GREGORIETTI G. 1969. Il Gioiello nei Secoli. Milan, p. 132 and pl. ODDY W.A. and LA NIECE S. 1986. Byzantine Gold Coins and Jewellery, Gold Bulletin 19.1, Marshallstown, p. 24 table I no. 22
Pekarska 2011, pp. 169-172, pl. 6.8
Bibliographic references
Tait 1976 / Jewellery Through 7000 Years
(260)
Tait 1986a / Seven Thousand Years of Jewellery
(308)
Robinson 2008 / Masterpieces of Medieval Art
(p. 275)
Pekarska 2011 / Jewellery of Princely Kiev: The Kiev Hoards in the British Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Related Material
(p. 169-172, 176)
Location
On display
(G40/dc10/sF)
Subjects
heraldry
bird
animal
Acquisition name
Bequeathed by:
William Burges
Acquisition date
1881
Department
Britain, Europe and Prehistory
Registration number
1881,0802.3