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| Keywords: Byzantine - Necklace - Walters 571727 - Detail A.jpg Made for a middle-class woman this necklace is composed of simple toy-like ducks that appear to be solid gold yet are actually stamped out of thin foil This creates the false impression of a very costly necklace as do the glass beads that resemble pearls century 4 5 Late Antique gold and glass L 23 x W 3/4 x D 1/4 in 58 4 x 1 9 x 0 6 cm accession number 57 1727 38344 Said to have been found in Nazareth Robert Garrett Baltimore date of acquisition unknown by purchase Walters Art Museum October 11 1943 by gift Gift of Mr Robert Garrett 1943 Early Christian and Byzantine Art Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1947 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 Beyond the Pharaohs Egypt and the Copts in the Second to Seventh Centuries A D Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design Providence; The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1989 place of origin Naples Italy Walters Art Museum license Ancient Roman art in the Walters Art Museum Byzantine and Early Russian art in the Walters Art Museum Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Byzantine necklaces | ||||
