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| Keywords: Greek - Necklace with Clasp of Two Bull Heads - Walters 57598 - Detail.jpg This necklace is composed of 85 hollow gold beads the openings edged with twisted wire The beads are threaded onto a chain made of double loops of wire constricted in their centers and twisted so that the end loops are in perpendicular planes The bulls' head finials have a collar consisting of a garnet bead held between gold cups encircled by smooth and twisted wire and a row of tongues Each collar terminates in a gold cone then a ring of twisted wire and is attached to the chain by coiled hollow wire The forelock and mane of the bull are chased; the inlay of the eyes is missing One bull holds in its mouth the hook the other the loop Chain necklaces threaded with gold or garnet beads and ending in animal head terminals were popular throughout the Hellenistic period century 4 3 BC Hellenistic gold garnet cm 49 5 l ; clasp cm 1 15 0 5 accession number 57 598 4664 Jean Lambros and Giovanni Dattari Collection Athens and Cairo date and mode of acquisition unknown Collection of Jean Lambros et Giovanni Dattari Sale Hotel Drouot Paris June 17-19 1912 lot 572 Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1912 Objects of Adornment Five Thousand Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery Baltimore Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum New York; Chrysler Museum of Art Norfolk; Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh; San Antonio Museum of Art San Antonio; Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa; Honolulu Academy of Arts Honolulu; New Orleans Museum of Art New Orleans; Milwaukee Art Museum Milwaukee; Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis; Toledo Museum of Art Toledo; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota 1984-1987 From Alexander to Cleopatra Greek Art of the Hellenistic Age The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1988-1989 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum and the Zucker Family Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1987 place of origin Greece Walters Art Museum license Ancient Greek art in the Walters Art Museum Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Art from Greece Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
