About the Artwork
Gapped Ring or Clothing Fastener
between 1200 and 1000 BC
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Irish
Unknown
Bronze covered in sheet gold
Overall: 3/8 × 3/4 inches, 0.6 ounces (1 × 1.9 cm, 16.5 g)
Metalwork
Greco-Roman and Ancient European
Gift of Henry D. Hill
65.66
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
Henry D. Hill (New York, New York, USA)
1964-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Motz, T. A., "A Catalogue of Irish Prehistoric Gold Jewelry in the Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts," unpublished master's thesis, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1978, no. 7, p. 40-3, pl. XII.
Motz, T. A., "Irish Gold in Detroit," Bulletin of the Detroit Institue of Arts, vol. 57, no. 2, 1979, p. 87-8, fig. 1B.2 (article pp. 83-88, group photo p. 82).
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Irish, Gapped Ring or Clothing Fastener, between 1200 and 1000 BC, Bronze covered in sheet gold. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Henry D. Hill, 65.66.
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