MAKE A MEME View Large Image Roman - Necklace with Child's-Head Pendant - Walters 571864 - Detail (2).jpg This necklace is a pastiche The carnelian beads are ancient and strung on modern gold links The lion-head finials comprising the hook and eye clasp are reused from ...
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Keywords: Roman - Necklace with Child's-Head Pendant - Walters 571864 - Detail (2).jpg This necklace is a pastiche The carnelian beads are ancient and strung on modern gold links The lion-head finials comprising the hook and eye clasp are reused from Greek earrings The child's head boldly carved in a carnelian stone is set in a gold setting which may or may not be ancient century 1 BC - century 1 AD Imperial Roman gold carnelian cm 9 8 0 93 53 4 w x d x l ; as photographed cm 9 8 26 7 w x l ; medallion cm 3 31 diam ; medallion and bead cm 5 87 w accession number 57 1864 23176 Hugo Weissmann Boston Walters Art Museum 1957 by purchase Museum purchase 1957 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 place of origin Roman Empire <gallery> File Roman - Necklace with Child's-Head Pendant - Walters 571864 - Detail jpg </gallery> Walters Art Museum license Ancient Roman art in the Walters Art Museum Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Ancient Roman necklaces Children in ancient Roman art
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