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Rosette
3rd-1st century BC (Hellenistic)
A round sheet with circles of twisted, braided, and smooth wire forming the border; and a fourteen-petaled filigree palmette with a garnet center in a serrated box setting. On the back, a ribbed tube for threading onto the chain of a necklace or diadem.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1979-1980 | Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Greece (Place of Origin)
Measurements
1/4 x 11/16 in. (0.6 x 1.7 cm) (d. x diam.)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
57.603
