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Pendant

Unknown artist, 5th century

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The pendant is inlaid with garnets and in the form of an insect, probably a cicada. The tope of the pendant is filled with a single garnet cut to represent a highly stylised zoomorphic head, the eyes and mouth represented by two semicircular cells and one triangular cell. The wings of the insect are decorated with scale-like cells.

More information

Title of artwork, date

Pendant, 5th century

Date supported

2005

Medium and material

Gold & garnet

Dimensions

2.5 x 2 cm

Grant

10000

Total cost

22000

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