Necklace
Wealthy women in the Byzantine Empire favored elaborate necklaces such as these. Pearls and emeralds (from Egypt) were most highly prized, although amethysts evoked the imperial use of the color purple.
Artifact
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id
35055
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| contentType |
contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Dikran Kelekian, New York and Paris [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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| rightsUri |
rightsUri
CC0
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| language |
language
en
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| pageCount |
pageCount
1
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| source |
source
import
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Source image fields (5)
| thumbnailUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_57.544_VwA_TR_C79II.jpg |
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_57.544_VwA_TR_C79II.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL1_57.544_VwA_TR_C79II.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/57.544 |
Terms
Culture
Byzantine
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