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Dress Ornaments

Greek (?) (Artist)
Pontic (?) (Artist)
1st century BC
gold
(Ancient Greece , Jewelry)

These twenty-six circular gold ornaments are pierced for attachment to clothing.

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.

[From a tomb near Olbia, Parutino, Ukraine (?), 1913]; F. L. van Gans, Frankfurt (?) [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; P. Mavrogordato, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Galerie Bachstitz, The Hague [catalogue 1921, part II, lot 92 O]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1926, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Exhibitions

1979-1980 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore.
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Geographies

Turkey (Pontos) (Place of Origin) Greece (Place of Origin)

Ukraine, Parutino (Olbia) (Place of Discovery)

Measurements

H of each: 5/16 in. (0.79 cm)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters, 1926

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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57.390

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