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Openwork Spherical Pendant
8th-7th century BCE (Geometric-Orientalizing)
bronze
(Ancient Greece )
(Ancient Greece )
Greek pendants of the 9th to 7th century BCE combined a bold, sculptural quality with a lighter, more decorative style. This pendant is said to have been excavated from a grave that dates to the 8th or 7th century BCE.
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.
Salonika, Greece; Mr. Richard Hubbard Howland, Washington, D.C., 1935, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, by gift.
Geographies
Greece (Place of Origin)
Measurements
3 9/16 x 1 3/8 in. (9 x 3.5 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Richard Hubbard Howland, 1996
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.
54.2920