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Cameo with the Head of a Woman Set in a Pendant
3rd-4th century CE or later (Late Antique?)
agate onyx; mount: gilt copper alloy
The head of a woman appears frontally on this cameo.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
Charles Newton-Robinson, London, by 1909, [mode of acquisition unknown]; Charles Newton-Robinson sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, 22 June 1909, lot 36; Dikran Kelekian, Paris and New York, 1909, by purchase [Smith as agent]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1909, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Measurements
Overall: 1 1/4 in. (3.2 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters, 1909
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
42.152