During the 9th century BC, the commercial contacts of the Greeks with the East gave a boost to the art of the goldsmith. The photograph shows a gold necklace from a grave in Tekes, Knossos, c. 800 BC. The motifs and the shape of its parts are reminiscent of eastern models and of the Syro-Palestinian art in particular.
Herakleion, Archaeological Museum, Herakleion X648. Hellenic Ministry of Culture/Archaeological Receipts Fund.
Despoini, Aik., Elliniki Techni: Archaia Chrysa Kosmimata, Ekdotiki Athinon, Athens 1996, p. 126, fig. 107.
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