Necklace

3rd century BCE (Hellenistic) H: 18 1/8 in. (46.04 cm) Citation Source image

One hundred and three spool-shaped beads with loops rigidly set to right angles to one another at either end, each attached to its neighbor. Antelope-head finials made of sheet gold worked in repoussé; horns and ears applied separately, details of the horns and face are chased...

Artifact

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1073
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Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1913 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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Medium
gold

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