Keywords: Byzantine - Bust of an Empress - Walters 542294.jpg Steelyard weights shaped like the bust of an empress were common in the early Byzantine period century 5 Late Antique bronze cm 11 8 6 1 4 5 accession number 54 2294 21584 Piero Tozzi New York date of acquisition unknown by purchase Walters Art Museum 1945 by purchase Museum purchase 1945 Early Christian and Byzantine Art Baltimore Museum of Art Baltimore 1947 Realms of Faith Medieval and Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville 2001-2002 Realms of Faith Medieval and Byzantine Art from the Walters Art Museum Frist Center for the Visual Arts Nashville 2002-2005 place of origin east Mediterranean Walters Art Museum license Byzantine and Early Russian art in the Walters Art Museum Decorative and applied arts of Byzantine Empire Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review |