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| Keywords: Ukrainian - Temple Pendant (Kolt) with Two Birds - Walters 44302 (2).jpg Kolty singular kolt are pendants that attached to a woman's headdress at the temples The hollow space within the two concave gold disks that compose a kolt contained perfumes or scented oils The pendants were usually decorated on both sides since they could rotate as the woman walked This kolt is decorated with delicate cloisonné enamel a technique learned from Byzantine masters starting in the late 10th century Kolty were frequently worn at wedding ceremonies; the lilies center birds and seeds that fleck the birds' breasts are all symbols of fertility The bird is also an image retained from Russia's pagan past century 12 Medieval electrum cloisonné enamel cm 5 2 4 7 0 8 accession number 44 302 24299 Henri Daguerre Paris by purchase Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1925 Early Christian and Byzantine Art Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1947 Russian Art Icons and Decorative Arts from the Origin to the Twentieth Century The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1959-1960 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 Russian Enamels The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1996-1997 Bedazzled 5 000 Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota; The Walters Art Museum Baltimore 2006-2009 Bedazzled 5 000 Years of Jewelry El Paso Museum of Art El Paso 2010 place of origin Kiev Ukraine <gallery> File Ukrainian - Temple Pendant Kolt with Two Birds - Walters 44302 jpg </gallery> Walters Art Museum license Byzantine and Early Russian art in the Walters Art Museum kolty Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Jewellery of Kievan Rus | ||||
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