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Pair of Disk-and-Amphora Pendant Earrings
2nd-1st century BC (Hellenistic)
This pair of earrings is decorated with filigree. Amphora pendants evolved from pyramidal pendants and are fairly common in the late Hellenistic period.
Provenance
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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.
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Greece (Place of Origin)
Measurements
57.610: 1 3/8 x 1/2 x 3/16 in. (3.55 x 1.21 x 0.54 cm);
57.611: 1 7/16 x 1/2 x 1/4 in. (3.6 x 1.2 x 0.6 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.
VO.71 (57.610, 57.611)