Torque
CultureAncient Near Eastern
Date1500 B.C.E.
MediumBronze
DimensionsOverall: 5 5/8 × 6 1/4 inches (14.29 × 15.88 cm)
Credit LinePurchase: William Rockhill Nelson Trust
Object number70-34
On View
On viewGallery Location
- 105
Collections
ProvenanceFound in Hungary [1];
S. E. Kennedy, by March 19, 1918;
His sale, Important collection of objects of art, antiquities, armour and arms, Christie, Manson and Woods, London, March 19, 1918;
Captain Edward G. Spencer-Churchill (1876-1964), Northwick Park, Gloucestershire, England, by 1964;
His posthumous sale, Antiquities from the Northwick Park Collection, Christie, Manson and Woods, London, June 23, 1965, lot 378;
With Mathias Komor, New York, by September 1970;
Purchased from Komor by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO, 1970.
NOTES:
[1] According to Mathias Komor, invoice to NAMA, September 15, 1970, NAMA curatorial files. “Hungarian,” according to NAMA Registration ledger, October 16, 1970.
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