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Explore image in Braided Chain with Pendant
3rd to mid-7th century
Gold; cast
Chain with pendant: 2.525 × 54 cm, 16.86 g (1 × 21 1/4 in., 37.17 lb.)
Chain : 0.5 × 54 cm, 13.274 g (3/16 × 21 1/4 in., 13.274 g)
Pendant: 1.5 × 2.4 cm, 3.589 g (9/16 × 15/16 in., 3.589 g)
Chain : 0.5 × 54 cm, 13.274 g (3/16 × 21 1/4 in., 13.274 g)
Pendant: 1.5 × 2.4 cm, 3.589 g (9/16 × 15/16 in., 3.589 g)
Gift of Valerie and Hunter Thompson
2007.142.330a-b
Geography:
Made in Java, Indonesia
Culture:
Java
Period:
3rd–7th century
Classification:
Jewelry
Provenance:
The Hunter Thompson Collection of Ancient Javanese Gold
Bibliography:
John Miksic, Old Javanese Gold: The Hunter Thompson Collection at the Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2011), 114, fig. 11.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
