Daedalic Pendant with Potnia Theron (Mistress of the Animals) (650–600 BCE): Art, History and Details

Daedalic Pendant with Potnia Theron (Mistress of the Animals) (650–600 BCE) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

This pendant, received in 2001 (2001.157), was probably originally from the same necklace as the nearly identical pendant acquired by the museum in 1999 (1999.88). Both depict the goddess Potnia Theron, the “mistress of the animals,” a deity sometimes associated with the Greek goddess Artemis. The goddess stands in a frontal pose with upswept wings, one curving above each shoulder. A feline rears up on either side of her, pulled by a leash held in each of her clenched fists.

Object facts

• Title: Daedalic Pendant with Potnia Theron (Mistress of the Animals)
• Date: 650–600 BCE
• Culture: Eastern Greece, Rhodian
• Type: Metalwork
• Technique: gold and glass-like substance
• Dimensions: Overall: 3 x 2 cm (1 3/16 x 13/16 in.)
• Collection: GR - Greek
• Department: Greek and Roman Art
• Accession number: 2001.157

A detail from the museum

The central decoration was likely made by burnishing a sheet of gold on a wood, stone, or ceramic form.

Collection credit

Gift of James E. and Elizabeth J. Ferrell

View the collection record

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