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Title: Brooch with a lion
Period: Iron Age
Date: ca. 6th–5th century BCE
Geography: Lydia
Culture: Lydian
Medium: Electrum
Dimensions: 0.94 x 1.5 x 1.26 in. (2.39 x 3.81 x 3.2 cm)
Credit Line: Gift of Norbert Schimmel Trust, 1989
Accession Number: 1989.281.22
“Ancient Art: the Norbert Schimmel Collection,” Cleveland Museum of Art, Dallas Museum of Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Israel Museum, Novembe 13, 1974–December 12, 1977.
“Von Troja bis Amarna: The Norbert Schimmel Collection New York,” Berlin, Hamburg, Munich, 1978-1979.
“Ancient Art: Gifts from the Norbert Schimmel Collection to the Metropolitan Museum of Art.” The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, June 4, 1991–September 15, 1991.
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