Byzantine-Style Dress Ornament
The center of this thin dress ornament, which would have been sewn onto a garment through the four holes, is dominated by an imperial cross. The two globes on either side of it represent the two empires (East and West), ruled by two-emperors during the 2nd half of the 5th cent...
Artifact
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id
37842
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| contentType |
contentType
object
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| stage |
stage
normalized
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| provenance |
provenance
Collection of Madame X (Behague?) Sale, Paris, Hotel Drouot, November 5, 1925, lot 84; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925, 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)
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| largeImageUrl | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_44.304_Fnt_BW_H66.jpg |
| iiifBase | https://art.thewalters.org/images/art/PL7_44.304_Fnt_BW_H66.jpg |
| imageCount | 1 |
| sourceUrl | https://purl.thewalters.org/art/44.304 |
Terms
Medium
gold, enamel