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Source Description
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 burial gift.
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Document identity
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2800
label
Necklace with Butterfly Pendant
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Source metadata
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2800
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object
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normalized
title
Necklace with Butterfly Pendant
description
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 burial gift.
provenance
[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.
date
late 2nd-1st century BC (Hellenistic)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
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Gold, Silver & Jewelry
necklaces
pendants
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5
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5
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
7.5
height
33
depth
1.3
dimensionsRaw
2 15/16 x 13 x 1/2 in. (7.5 x 33 x 1.3 cm);12 7/8 in. (32.7 cm) (l.)
Source extras
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Greek
med
gold, amethyst, chalcedony, emerald, rock crystal, pearl, and colored glass
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6256
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GRC
JWL
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2513
2237
3673
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