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Source Description
Made of gold, these earrings have three flanged settings with stones, each set within a bead-edged frame, displayed against a roughly triangular sheet on the back of which the ear wire is attached. A pin concealed behind the transverse bar below the settings secures six pendant chains. Crumpled caps at the ends of the chains once covered the tops of glass beads which are now missing. Some of the stones and one of the pendant chains are also missing.
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Document identity
localId
77409
label
Pair of Earrings
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
https://purl.thewalters.org/art/VO.60 (57.382, 57.383)
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
77409
sourceUrl
https://purl.thewalters.org/art/VO.60 (57.382, 57.383)
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Pair of Earrings
description
Made of gold, these earrings have three flanged settings with stones, each set within a bead-edged frame, displayed against a roughly triangular sheet on the back of which the ear wire is attached. A pin concealed behind the transverse bar below the settings secures six pendant chains. Crumpled caps at the ends of the chains once covered the tops of glass beads which are now missing. Some of the stones and one of the pendant chains are also missing.
provenance
[From a tomb near Olbia, Parutino, Ukraine (?)]; 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 D]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1926, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1st century BC (Hellenistic)
citationUrl
https://purl.thewalters.org/art/VO.60 (57.382, 57.383)
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
earrings (jewelry)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
2 5/16 in. (5.8 cm)
Source extras
cul
Greek
med
gold with stones
creator_ids
6256
collection_ids
GRC
JWL
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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