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Necklace with Lion's-Head Closures
This necklace has a folded gold foil chain.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Auguste Salzmann (?), by purchase [at Macri, ancient Telmossos, Lycia, Turkey]; Tyszkiewicz Sale, Rollin et Feuardent, Paris, June 9-10, 1898, p. 65, no. 176, plate XXI; Henry Walters, Baltimore, [date of acquisition unknown] by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 1979-1980 | Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. |
Geographies
Roman Empire (Place of Origin)
Measurements
9/16 x 16 5/16 in. (1.4 x 41.5 cm) (d. x l.)
length when clasped 7 5/16 in. (18.5 cm)
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.
57.588