Clothing Ornaments Depicting Black Sea Eagles

1st century BC (Hellenistic) 1 7/16 in. (3.6 cm) Citation Source image

There are six pairs of gold plaques done in repoussé relief, showing confronting birds of prey, one devouring a fish. The plaques are pierced at the birds' bills, tails, wings and feet suggesting they were sewn on clothing as ornaments. Robert Zahn (Galerie Bachstitz, pp. 31,...

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