Diadem

4th-5th century (Late Antique)

2.9 cm 31.1 cm 0.9 cm

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Byzantine craftsmen revived the Hellenistic tradition of incorporating multicolored gemstones in jewelry, which was not common during the Roman imperial period. The ten sections of this openwork diadem were each adorned with a central gem and pearls, now missing. The diadem wa...

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3439
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Ernest Guilhou, Paris, by purchase; Collection of Guilhou Sale, Paris, July 16-18, 1905, no. 272; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1905, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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