MAKE A MEME View Large Image Etruscan - Bulla with Daedalus and Icarus - Walters 57371 - Side A.jpg A bulla is a hollow pendant that could hold perfume or a charm Found inside this one was labdanum a substance used in perfume Depicted are the mythical craftsman ...
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Keywords: Etruscan - Bulla with Daedalus and Icarus - Walters 57371 - Side A.jpg A bulla is a hollow pendant that could hold perfume or a charm Found inside this one was labdanum a substance used in perfume Depicted are the mythical craftsman Daedalus and his son Icarus on the back To escape captivity Daedalus fabricated wings for himself and his son but Icarus flew too close to the sun and when the heat melted the wax that held his wings together he fell to his death Een Etrukische/Romeinse bulla is een aan een halsketting gedragen holle hanger die parfum of een bezwering kon bevatten In deze bulla is ladanum een parfumcomponent gevonden Op de voorzijde is de mythische Daedalus afgebeeld en aan de achterzijde zijn zoon Icarus Om uit gevangenschap te ontsnappen maakte Daedalus vleugels voor hem en zijn zoon Icarus vloog echter zo dicht bij de hete zon dat de bijenwas waarmee de vleugels bijeen werden gehouden smolt en de ongelukkige Icarus op de aarde viel century 5 BC Classical gold cm 4 1 2 6 2 6 accession number 57 371 36446 Said to be from Comacchio near Ferrara Sangiorgi date and mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters 1930 Transcription In retrograde Etruscan Vikare and Taitle; Translation Icarus and Daedalus Flight Fantasy Faith Fact Dayton Art Institute Dayton 1953-1954 Jewelry - Ancient to Modern The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1979-1980 Gold Jewelry Craft Style and Meaning from Mycenae to Constantinopolis Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design Providence 1983 Objects of Adornment Five Thousand Years of Jewelry from the Walters Art Gallery Baltimore Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum New York; Chrysler Museum of Art Norfolk; Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh; San Antonio Museum of Art San Antonio; Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa; Honolulu Academy of Arts Honolulu; New Orleans Museum of Art New Orleans; Milwaukee Art Museum Milwaukee; Minneapolis Institute of Arts Minneapolis; Toledo Museum of Art Toledo; The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art Sarasota 1984-1987 Jewelry from the Walters Art Museum and the Zucker Family Collection The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1987 Spina Storia di una Citta tra Greci ed Etruschi Castello Estense Ferrara Ferrara 1993-1994 place of origin Comacchio in present-day Italy Walters Art Museum license Etruscan necklaces Etruscan art in the Walters Art Museum Jewellery in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Amulets
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