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Octagonal Pendant with Corinthian Column Spacers and Clasp Set

AD 324–26

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Byzantium, Late Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, (probably Sirium or Nicomedia), Byzantine period

Gold

Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1994.98

Location

104 Late Antiquity

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Using the opus interrasile openwork technique, a goldsmith delicately punched and filed hundreds of tiny holes to create the intricate filigree pattern on this pendant.

Description

Mounted at the center of this octagonal pendant is a rare coin issued by Constantine the Great, the Roman Empire’s first Christian emperor. Constantine’s portrait appears on the coin’s front, those of two of his sons on the back. Constantine’s image is surrounded by male and female busts, some of which are mythological figures. The pendant once formed the centerpiece of a sumptuous gold necklace, likely a gift for a high-ranking court official or member of the imperial family. This larger necklace is thought to have included four additional coin-set pendants—two hexagonal and two circular, now in Washington, DC (Dumbarton Oaks), London (British Museum), and Paris (Musée du Louvre).

Provenance

?-1994

(Mr. Jean-Luc Chalmin, London, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art)

1994-

The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH

Citations

Bergman, R. "A Gold Medallion from the Age of Constantine," The Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine, vol. 35, no. 1 (January 1995). Cover, pp. 4-6. archive.org

Deppert-Lippitz, Barbara. "Late Roman Splendor: Jewelry from the Age of Constantine." Cleveland Studies in the History of Art 1 (1996): 30-71. Reproduced: P. 31, fig. 1; P. 33, fig. 2a; P. 34, fig. 2b www.jstor.org

Grierson, Philip. "Six Late Roman Medallions in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection." Dumbarton Oaks Papers 50 (1996): 139-45. Mentioned on pp. 141-142.

Geroulanou, Aimilia. Diatrita: Gold Pierced-Work Jewellery from the 3rd to the 7th Century. Athens: Benaki Museum, 1999. Pp. 34, 36, 38, 84-86, 87, 90, 143, 154, 158, 194-195, 224-225, 228; Cats. 120 (fig. 43), 140 (fig. 259).

May, Sally Ruth, Jane Takac, and Barbara J. Bradley. Knockouts: A Pocket Guide. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001. No. 16, pp. 21, 116.

Dumbarton Oaks, Marvin C. Ross, Stephen R. Zwirn, and Susan A. Boyd. Catalogue of the Byzantine and Early Mediaeval Antiquities in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection. Vol. 2. Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2005. Pp. 141-166, Plate CX, Figs. 3-6.

Cleveland Museum of Art, and Holger A. Klein. Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2007. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 42-43, no. 4

Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014. Mentioned and reproduced: P. 258

Exhibition history

Sacred Gifts and Worldly Treasures: Medieval Masterworks from the Cleveland Museum of Art. National Museum of Bavaria, Munich, Germany (May 10-September 16, 2007); J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA (October 30, 2007-January 20, 2008); Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville, TN (February 13-June 7, 2009).

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Octagonal Pendant with Corinthian Column Spacers and Clasp Set

Octagonal Pendant with Corinthian Column Spacers and Clasp Set

Byzantium, Late Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, (probably Sirium or Nicomedia), Byzantine period

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