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Title: Pendant: Divinity Holding Hares Artist/Maker: Unknown Culture: Etruscan or Italic Place: Italy (Place created) Date: 600–550 B.C. Medium: Amber Object Number: 77.AO.82 Dimensions: 97 × 64 × 24 mm (3 13/16 × 2 1/2 × 15/16 in.) Credit Line: Gift of Gordon McLendon Alternate Titles: Carved Pendant: Goddess Holding Two Animals (Alternate Title) Pendant with a Divinity Holding Hares (Display Title) Object Type: Mythological figure This pendant represents a divinity holding a pair of over-sized hares. Standing in a frontal pose, the figure's gender is indeterminate, but may be a mistress of the beasts or native female hunting deity related to Artemis. Wearing a short chiton and boots, the figure grasps the hind feet of a large crouching hare in each arm, holding the animals with their heads downward. www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/7945/unknown-maker-pendant-divinity-holding-hares-etruscan-or-italic-600-550-bc

Title: Pendant: Divinity Holding Hares Artist/Maker: Unknown Culture: Etruscan or Italic Place: Italy (Place created) Date: 600–550 B.C. Medium: Amber Object Number: 77.AO.82 Dimensions: 97 × 64 × 24 mm (3 13/16 × 2 1/2 × 15/16 in.) Credit Line: Gift of Gordon McLendon Alternate Titles: Carved Pendant: Goddess Holding Two Animals (Alternate Title) Pendant with a Divinity Holding Hares (Display Title) Object Type: Mythological figure This pendant represents a divinity holding a pair of over-sized hares. Standing in a frontal pose, the figure's gender is indeterminate, but may be a mistress of the beasts or native female hunting deity related to Artemis. Wearing a short chiton and boots, the figure grasps the hind feet of a large crouching hare in each arm, holding the animals with their heads downward. www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/7945/unknown-maker-pendant-divinity-holding-hares-etruscan-or-italic-600-550-bc

Title: Pendant: Female Holding a Child (Kourotrophos) Artist/Maker: Unknown Culture: Etruscan or Italic Place: Italy (Place created) Date: 600–550 B.C. Medium: Amber Object Number: 77.AO.84 Dimensions: 130 × 45 × 18 mm, 55.2 g (5 1/8 × 1 3/4 × 11/16 in., 0.1217 lb.) Credit Line: Gift of Gordon McLendon Alternate Titles: Carved Pendant: Female Holding a Child (Kourotrophos) (Alternate Title) Pendant with a Woman Holding a Child (Display Title) Object Type: Pendant This amber is carved in the shape of a female figure holding a child at her side. The figure is a kourotróphos, a typology for females shown as child-rearers, who carry infants or children. Standing frontally with her right hand at her breast, the woman wears a long, heavy cloak and a conical hat, and both figures are shod in close-fitting boots. Her left forearm emerges from the cloak to embrace the child, who wears the same garments as the mother, but with the mantle pulled over its head. Text from: www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/7947/unknown-maker-pendant-female-holding-a-child-kourotrophos-etruscan-or-italic-600-550-bc

Title: Pendant: Female Holding a Child (Kourotrophos) Artist/Maker: Unknown Culture: Etruscan or Italic Place: Italy (Place created) Date: 600–550 B.C. Medium: Amber Object Number: 77.AO.84 Dimensions: 130 × 45 × 18 mm, 55.2 g (5 1/8 × 1 3/4 × 11/16 in., 0.1217 lb.) Credit Line: Gift of Gordon McLendon Alternate Titles: Carved Pendant: Female Holding a Child (Kourotrophos) (Alternate Title) Pendant with a Woman Holding a Child (Display Title) Object Type: Pendant This amber is carved in the shape of a female figure holding a child at her side. The figure is a kourotróphos, a typology for females shown as child-rearers, who carry infants or children. Standing frontally with her right hand at her breast, the woman wears a long, heavy cloak and a conical hat, and both figures are shod in close-fitting boots. Her left forearm emerges from the cloak to embrace the child, who wears the same garments as the mother, but with the mantle pulled over its head. Text from: www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/7947/unknown-maker-pendant-female-holding-a-child-kourotrophos-etruscan-or-italic-600-550-bc

Title: Pendant: Ship with Figures Artist/Maker: Unknown Culture: Etruscan Place: Italy (Place created) Date: 600–575 B.C. Medium: Amber Object Number: 76.AO.76 Dimensions: 35 × 10 × 120 mm (1 3/8 × 3/8 × 4 3/4 in.) Credit Line: Gift of Gordon McLendon Alternate Titles: Pendant with a Ship Carrying Sailors (Alternate Title) Carved Ship with Sailors (Alternate Title) Ship Carrying Sailors (Display Title) Object Type: Male figure Pendant carved in the shape of a cargo ship carrying sailors. The boat has a deeply rounded hull, a knoblike protrusion (likely the sternpost) on one end, and a raised rectangular structure on the other end, which may represent the stern castle. The ship contains seven figures: three figures face frontally out from each side and a seventh bearded figure is depicted in profile on both sides, sitting somewhat higher up than the other six sailors. A sack is tied in front of the bearded sailor. All of the sailors have large bulging eyes and schematic mouths. The pendent is perforated with three sets of bore-holes at the bow, stern, and amidships. Text from: www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/7384/unknown-maker-pendant-ship-with-figures-etruscan-600-575-bc

Title: Pendant: Ship with Figures Artist/Maker: Unknown Culture: Etruscan Place: Italy (Place created) Date: 600–575 B.C. Medium: Amber Object Number: 76.AO.76 Dimensions: 35 × 10 × 120 mm (1 3/8 × 3/8 × 4 3/4 in.) Credit Line: Gift of Gordon McLendon Alternate Titles: Pendant with a Ship Carrying Sailors (Alternate Title) Carved Ship with Sailors (Alternate Title) Ship Carrying Sailors (Display Title) Object Type: Male figure Pendant carved in the shape of a cargo ship carrying sailors. The boat has a deeply rounded hull, a knoblike protrusion (likely the sternpost) on one end, and a raised rectangular structure on the other end, which may represent the stern castle. The ship contains seven figures: three figures face frontally out from each side and a seventh bearded figure is depicted in profile on both sides, sitting somewhat higher up than the other six sailors. A sack is tied in front of the bearded sailor. All of the sailors have large bulging eyes and schematic mouths. The pendent is perforated with three sets of bore-holes at the bow, stern, and amidships. Text from: www.getty.edu/art/collection/objects/7384/unknown-maker-pendant-ship-with-figures-etruscan-600-575-bc

Carved amber bow of a fibula (safety pin) Period:Archaic or Classical Date:ca. 500 B.C. Culture:Etruscan Medium:Amber Dimensions:3 5/16in. (8.4cm) Other: 5 1/2 x 1 1/4in. (14 x 3.1cm) Classification:Miscellaneous-Amber Credit Line:Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 Accession Number:17.190.2067 Couple reclining on a couch, with attendant and bird This work ranks as the most complex carved amber surviving from ancient Italy. Preserved at its base are holes containing traces of an iron pin, indicating that the original object was a fibula. The representation shows a woman and man reclining on a couch. The woman wears a pointed hat, long cloak, and pointed shoes. In her right hand, she holds the base of a small vase, and the fingers of her left touch the mouth of the vase. Her companion is a young, beardless man with a round face. The back view shows his long hair, the modulated folds of his overgarment, and his shoes on the ground. A bird nestles at the shoulders of the couple, and a small attendant stands at their feet. The Morgan Amber was reputedly found at Falconara in Picene territory. The iconography of the reclining couple and ceremonial banquet spread westward from the Ancient Near East through Greece. While numerous details are Etruscan, it is impossible to identify where the artist came from and whether the figures are mortal or divine. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/249223

Carved amber bow of a fibula (safety pin) Period:Archaic or Classical Date:ca. 500 B.C. Culture:Etruscan Medium:Amber Dimensions:3 5/16in. (8.4cm) Other: 5 1/2 x 1 1/4in. (14 x 3.1cm) Classification:Miscellaneous-Amber Credit Line:Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 Accession Number:17.190.2067 Couple reclining on a couch, with attendant and bird This work ranks as the most complex carved amber surviving from ancient Italy. Preserved at its base are holes containing traces of an iron pin, indicating that the original object was a fibula. The representation shows a woman and man reclining on a couch. The woman wears a pointed hat, long cloak, and pointed shoes. In her right hand, she holds the base of a small vase, and the fingers of her left touch the mouth of the vase. Her companion is a young, beardless man with a round face. The back view shows his long hair, the modulated folds of his overgarment, and his shoes on the ground. A bird nestles at the shoulders of the couple, and a small attendant stands at their feet. The Morgan Amber was reputedly found at Falconara in Picene territory. The iconography of the reclining couple and ceremonial banquet spread westward from the Ancient Near East through Greece. While numerous details are Etruscan, it is impossible to identify where the artist came from and whether the figures are mortal or divine. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/249223

Title: Pendant: siren Medium; Technique: Amber Culture: Italic Period: Classical Date: 5th-4th century B.C. Dimensions: H.: 1 15/16 in. (5 cm) Classification: Miscellaneous-Amber Credit Line: Purchase, Renée E. and Robert A. Belfer, Patti Cadby Birch and The Joseph Rosen Foundation Inc. Gifts, and Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1992 Accession Number: 1992.11.11 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...

Title: Pendant: female head Medium; Technique: Amber Culture: Italic Period: Classical Date: 5th century B.C. Dimensions: H.: 1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm) Classification: Miscellaneous-Amber Credit Line: Purchase, Renée E. and Robert A. Belfer, Patti Cadby Birch and The Joseph Rosen Foundation Inc. Gifts, and Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1992 Accession Number: 1992.11.6 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...

Pendant: hippocamp Period: Classical Date: 5th century B.C. Culture: Etrusco-Campanian Medium: Amber Dimensions: H.: 2 3/16 in. (5.5 cm) Classification: Miscellaneous-Amber Credit Line: Purchase, Renée E. and Robert A. Belfer, Patti Cadby Birch and The Joseph Rosen Foundation Inc. Gifts, and Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1992 Accession Number: 1992.11.23 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/1300...

Pendant: female head Period: Classical Date: 5th-4th century B.C. Culture: Italic Medium: Amber Dimensions: H.: 2 1/2 in. (6.3 cm) Classification: Miscellaneous-Amber Credit Line: Purchase, Renée E. and Robert A. Belfer, Patti Cadby Birch and The Joseph Rosen Foundation Inc. Gifts, and Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1992 Accession Number: 1992.11.28 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Collections/search-the-collections/1300...

Title: Woven strap with a pendant Period: Iron Age Date: ca. 5th–4th century B.C. Geography: Iberian Peninsula Medium: Gold, amber Dimensions: 1 1/8 x 15 1/2 in. (2.9 x 39.4 cm) Classification: Metalwork-Ornament Credit Line: Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1995 Accession Number: 1995.403.2 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/ancien...

Amber disk with a nereid riding a triton Roman, ca. 1st-2nd century AD Accession # 23.160.98 Valued for its rarity and richness, amber was an increasingly favored precious material from the time of the emperor Nero, when it became more widely available. The elder Pliny, in his Natural History, tells us that amber was imported from the Baltic coast of Germany. The style of the carving and iconography of this piece look back to Hellenistic art. The disk preserves the remains of silver pins that were part of a handle on either side of the nereid. It likely served as a lid, possibly for a small pyxis (box.) Text from the Metropolitan Museum of Art label.

Title: Pendant: woman carrying a child Medium; Technique: Amber Culture: Etruscan Period: Archaic or Classical Date: 5th century B.C. Dimensions: H.: 2 1/2 in. (6.4 cm) Classification: Miscellaneous-Amber Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1917 Accession Number: 17.230.52 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...

Title: Dancing youth Medium; Technique: Amber Culture: Etruscan Period: Classical Date: mid-5th century B.C. Dimensions: Other: 2 1/16 in. (5.3 cm) Classification: Miscellaneous-Amber Credit Line: Purchase, Renée E. and Robert A. Belfer, Patti Cadby Birch and The Joseph Rosen Foundation Inc. Gifts, and Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1992 Accession Number: 1992.11.4 Text from: www.metmuseum.org/Works_of_Art/collection_database/greek_...

Relief of a woman and youth reclining, late 6th–early 5th century B.C. Etruscan Amber; L. 5 1/2 in. (14 cm) Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917 (17.190.2067) This sculpture is one of the most important amber objects of pre-Roman Italy. It is distinguished for the fine quality of its carving, considerable size, and complex subject. There is disagreement among scholars as to the subject portrayed and whether the work was created by an Etruscan artist or by a Greek artist for an Etruscan patron. The scene may be mythological, representing the goddess Aphrodite (known to the Etruscans as Turin) making love with the young Adonis; or, alternatively, it could represent a reclining Etruscan couple with attendants at a funerary banquet. Text from: www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/etru/ho_17.190.2067.htm