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Ancient Art
Funeral Wreath
1st century A.D.
Gold
13 cm (5 1/8 in.)
other (interior band): 13 cm(5 1/8 in.)
other (individual leaves): 7 cm(2 3/4 in.)
other (interior band): 13 cm(5 1/8 in.)
other (individual leaves): 7 cm(2 3/4 in.)
Yale University Art Gallery
1946.256
Culture:
Roman
Period:
1st century A.D.
Classification:
Jewelry
Provenance:
Ex schiller coll.?, Miss Lottie Helen Lenn of Brookline, Mass.; minutes of the Governing Board Meeting 6 Nov. 1946
Bibliography:
Susan B. Matheson and Diana E.E. Kleiner, I Claudia Women in Ancient Rome, exh. cat. (New Haven: Yale University Art Gallery, 1996), 197, no. 144, ill.
Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of such records is ongoing.
