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About the Artwork

Torque

1200/1000 BC

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Irish

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Gold

Overall: 5 1/2 inches, 0.6 ounces (14 cm, 15.9 g)

Metalwork

Greco-Roman and Ancient European

Founders Society Purchase with funds from Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Fleischman in honor of their daughter Martha Jane

54.35

Public Domain

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"Found in County Clare"(?)
collection W. Talbot Ready;
collection Lord Kensington;
New York, Berry-Hill Galleries (dealer), sold 1954 to DIA with gift of funds from Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Fleischman.

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Published References

Robinson, F. W., "Eight Examples of Prehistoric Irish Gold, Bulletin of the DIA, vol. 33, nos. 3-4, 1953-54, p. 64-5, ill. p. 65.

Motz, T. A., "A Catalogue of Irish Prehistoric Gold Jewelry in the Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts," unpublished master's thesis, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1978, no. 3, p. 23-6, pl. VII-VIII.

Motz, T. A., "Irish Gold in Detroit," Bulletin of the Detroit Institue of Arts, vol. 57, no. 2, 1979, p. 85, fig. 1G (article pp. 83-88, group photo p. 82).

"FAMILY ART GAME", DIA Advertising Supplement, DETROIT FREE PRESS, April 27, 1980, p 2 (ill).

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Irish, Torque, 1200/1000 BC, gold. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence A. Fleischman in honor of their daughter Martha Jane, 54.35.

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