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| Keywords: Byzantine - Necklace - Walters 571817.jpg Wealthy women in the Byzantine Empire favored elaborate necklaces such as these Pearls and emeralds from Egypt were most highly prized although amethysts evoked the imperial use of the color purple century 5 7 Late Antique gold pearls and green stones 1/2 x 6 5/8 x 7 3/16 1 3 x 16 8 x 18 2 cm accession number 57 1817 37292 Zakieh Pasha Cairo by purchase Joseph Brummer Paris and New York date of acquisition unknown by purchase Sale Parke-Bernet New York May 11 1949 no 9 Walters Art Museum 1949 by purchase Museum purchase 1949 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 place of origin Netherlands 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 art in Egypt | ||||
