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Source Description
The top of the gold pin is a finely modeled lynx head. A small molding on the shaft of the pin keeps the garnet bead and conical collar from slipping off. One setting with a tear-drop garnet is firmly fixed in the lynx's mouth by a pin, the extremity of which is looped. Chained to the loop is a second tear-drop garnet.
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Document identity
localId
9557
label
Pin with Lynx Head
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obj
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object
citationUrl
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3
Source metadata
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9557
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Pin with Lynx Head
description
The top of the gold pin is a finely modeled lynx head. A small molding on the shaft of the pin keeps the garnet bead and conical collar from slipping off. One setting with a tear-drop garnet is firmly fixed in the lynx's mouth by a pin, the extremity of which is looped. Chained to the loop is a second tear-drop garnet.
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 E]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1926, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1st century BC (Hellenistic)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Gold, Silver & Jewelry
pins
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3
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3
source
import
dimensionsRaw
7 1/2 in. (19 cm)
Source extras
cul
Greek
med
gold, garnets
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6256
collection_ids
GRC
JWL
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2513
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1
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photo
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no
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photo
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30e679744ffb4152
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photo
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1f235505c9119ca4
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