Temple Pendant (Kolt) with Two Birds

12th century (Medieval)

4.6 cm 5.2 cm 1.5 cm

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"Kolty" (singular "kolt") are pendants that attached to a woman's headdress at the temples. The hollow space within the two concave gold disks that compose a "kolt" contained perfumes or scented oils. The pendants were usually decorated on both sides, since they could rotate a...

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Henry Walters, Baltimore; by bequest to Walters Art Museum, 1931.
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Kievan Rus
माध्यम
gold, cloisonné enamel

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