Necklace with "Lunula"

Description Exhibitions Provenance Credit

Description This necklace is composed of chain links and is decorated wtih filigree.

Exhibitions

Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1979-1980.
Beyond the Pharaohs: Egypt and the Copts in the Second to Seventh Centuries A.D.. Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence; The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1989.

Provenance Henry Walters, Baltimore [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters

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AD 1st century (Imperial (Roman))

gold, agate
(Gold, Silver & Jewelry)

57.525

1 3/8 x 3/8 x 14 in. (3.5 x 0.9 x 35.5 cm) (w. x d. x l.); as photographed at clasp: 3 15/16 x 7 7/8 in. (10 x 20 cm) (w. x l.)