Necklace with Butterfly Pendant

CultureGreek (Corinthian)
Titles
  • Necklace with Butterfly Pendant
Date400 BC
MediumGold, semiprecious stones
Dimensionspendant: height × length × width: 1 1/2 × 2 1/2 × 1/8 inches
chain: length × diameter: 17 7/8 × 1/4 inches (45.4 × 0.6 cm.)

Credit LineGift of Miss Annette Finnigan
Object number37.83
Not on view

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Department
Antiquities
Provenance[Theodore Zoumpoulakis, Athens, by 1934]; purchased by Miss Annette Finnigan (1873–1940), Houston, 1934–1937; given to MFAH, 1937.

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