Assyrianising pendant
London, United Kingdom
The British Museum
1865–1870
Pendant; personal ornament; jewellery
Alessandro and Augusto Castellani
20060311.1
Gold, glass, mosaic
Diameter 33 mm
Rome
Gold pendant made in Rome based on an Assyrian winged bull, now famous throughout Europe. Illustrates Assyrian influence on 19th-century jewellery.
"Assyrianising pendant" in Sharing History , Museum With No Frontiers, 2018. http://www.museumwnf.org/thematicgallery/thg_galleries/database_item.php?itemId=sh_objects;AWE;uk;49;en&id=mosaics
MWNF Working Number: UK 049
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