Diamond-Shaped Garment Ornaments

1st century BC (Hellenistic)

1.6 cm 1.1 cm 0.6 cm

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In the center of the diamond-shaped gold ornaments are round settings containing garnets and enamel. Some of the stones and inlays have fallen out. On the back are tiny loops for sewing the ornaments to clothing.

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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]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1926, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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