Torque, 1200/1000 BC

  • Irish

Gold

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

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

54.35

Department

Greco-Roman and Ancient European

"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.

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 Motz, T. A., "A Catalogue of Irish Prehistoric Gold Jewelry in the Collection of the Detroit Institute of Arts," unpublished master's thesis, Wayne State University, Detroit, 1978, no. 3, p. 23-6, pl.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

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.