Dress Ornaments

1st century BC (Hellenistic)

1 cm 0.6 cm

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The diamond-shaped gold ornaments are pierced at each end allowing them to be sewn on clothing. Their original arrangement is unknown.

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[From a tomb near Olbia, Parutino, Ukraine (?), 1913]; F. L. van Gans, Frankfurt (?) [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; P. Mavrogordato, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Galerie Bachstitz, The Hague [catalogue 1921, part II, lot 92 N and O]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1926, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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gold

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