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Necklace Meret

Necklace Meret

Jewel inspired by a funerary mask from the Roman period. This type of earrings called "crotalia" (after a text by Pliny the Elder) were widespread throughout the Roman Empire.

The masks, like the painted portraits, were affixed to Roman mummies, especially in the necropolises of the most Hellenised ...
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Characteristics

Maintenance :
Avoid contact with water, chemicals and cosmetics
Artist :
Anonymous
Art movement :
Egyptian Antiquities
Museum :
Musée du Louvre
Materials :
Pearl, Brass
EAN :
3336729158027
Dimensions :
47 cm x 2 cm x 5.5 cm
Reference :
BZ400172

Editor

Original work kept at :
Paris, musée du Louvre

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