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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;4to2centBC, post: 2334134, member: 76181&quot;]Little by little they add to the on-line gallery. I think it&#039;s great. Especially if you can&#039;t get there that often. I have spent the last 30 minutes &quot;walking&quot; through the gallery.</p><p><br /></p><p><a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/256976?rpp=90&amp;pg=5&amp;rndkey=20160130&amp;ao=on&amp;ft=*&amp;deptids=13&amp;what=Gold&amp;pos=363" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/256976?rpp=90&amp;pg=5&amp;rndkey=20160130&amp;ao=on&amp;ft=*&amp;deptids=13&amp;what=Gold&amp;pos=363" rel="nofollow">http://www.metmuseum.org/collection/the-collection-online/search/256976?rpp=90&amp;pg=5&amp;rndkey=20160130&amp;ao=on&amp;ft=*&amp;deptids=13&amp;what=Gold&amp;pos=363</a></p><p><br /></p><p>An example (click the photo for incredible detail)</p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/gr/original/DP122702.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>Period: Late Archaic</p><p>Date: early 5th century B.C.</p><p>Culture: Etruscan</p><p>Medium: Gold, glass, rock crystal, agate, carnelian</p><p>Dimensions: L. of necklace 14 3/16 in. (36 cm); D. of disks 2 7/16 in. (6.1 cm); L. of fibula 1 15/16 in. (5 cm); L. of fibulae 1 5/8 in. (4.1 cm); L. of pin 2 7/8 in. (7.3 cm); D. of ring with youth intaglio 7/8 in. (2.2 cm); D. of ring with Herakles intaglio 15/16 in. (2.4 cm); D. of ring with bird intaglio 1 1/16 in. (2.7 cm); D. of plain ring 31/32 (2.45 cm); D. of ring with lion intaglio 7/8 in. (2.2 cm)</p><p>Classification: Gold and Silver</p><p>Credit Line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1940</p><p>Accession Number: 40.11.7–.18</p><p>On view in <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/visit/museum-map/galleries/greek-and-roman/170" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://www.metmuseum.org/visit/museum-map/galleries/greek-and-roman/170" rel="nofollow">Gallery 170</a></p><p><br /></p><p>The tomb group represents one of the richest and most impressive sets of Etruscan jewelry ever found. It comprises a splendid gold and glass pendant necklace, a pair of gold and rock-crystal disk earrings, a gold dress fastener (fibula) decorated with a sphinx, a pair of plain gold fibulae, a gold dress pin, and five finger rings. Two of the rings have engraved scarabs that revolve on a swivel bezel; one is decorated with embossed satyr heads, and the other two have decorated gold bezels.</p><p><br /></p><p>Enjoy[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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