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Pendant Brooch

1959

John Paul Miller

(American, 1918–2013)
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Culture
America
Medium
gold and agate
Measurements
Brooch: 3.5 x 4.5 x 1.3 cm (1 3/8 x 1 3/4 x 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift from the Ruth and Sherman Lee Collection 2010.464.a
Copyright
Copyright
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Location
228B Cleveland Artists
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Description

Commissioned by former Cleveland Museum of Art director Sherman Lee (1918–2008) as a gift for his wife, this brooch incorporates an ancient Assyria hardstone seal that Lee brought back from his travels.
A gold pendant brooch features a wide, polished arch with a flared neck decorated with granulated triangles and small crosses. Suspended horizontally between the arch's ends is a blue-gray agate stone, carved with a leaping horned animal and flanked by beaded conical caps. The arch terminates in spherical points, each embellished with circles of tiny gold spheres.

Pendant Brooch

1959

John Paul Miller

(American, 1918–2013)
America

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