Minoan Bee Pin-Pendant
- Handmade in Greece
- Gold 18K
- Height 5 cm
- Width: 5 cm
- Weight: 19 gr
- Uniquely made to order. Αllow two to three weeks for delivery.
The Bees pendant is one of the most famous exhibits in the Herakleion Museum, in the island of Crete in Greece.
It has been found in the Old Palace cemetery at Chrysolakkos, outside the palace of Malia, the third largest Minoan palace. The pendant dates back to the Bronze Age 3BC., to the Protopalatial Period (1800 - 1700 BC) and it's an amazing, very detailed representation of two bees carrying a drop of honey to their honeycomb.
This jewellery piece is an evidence of the artist's mastery in the process of faience or granulation, the technique of soldering tiny pieces of metal, on the surface of the cast jewel.
Later on, Greek Goddess priestesses were called melissae (bees) and bees were associated with Demeter and Artemis.
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