Necklace with Butterfly Pendant
Elaborate diadems or necklaces featuring centerpieces of inlaid stones, pendants, and beaded chains go back to 3rd- and 2nd-century Greek jewelry. This necklace was found on the neck of the deceased; as the symbol of the soul, the butterfly was an appropriate motif for a buria...
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[Discovered in 1891, in a tomb near Olbia, Parutino, Ukraine]; Postnikov, Moscow, by purchase [from a local dealer in Ukraine]; Spinks, London, by purchase [around the turn of the century]; Peter Mavrogordato, 1913, by purchase [on the art market]; Collection of F. L. van Gans?, Frankfurt, 1913-1920, by purchase; Galerie Bachstitz, The Hague [catalogue 1921, part II, lot 92 B]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1926, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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