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Bulla with Daedalus and Icarus   (  )
Artist	Anonymous (Etruscan)Unknown author
Title	Bulla with Daedalus and Icarus
Description	English: 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. Nederlands: Een Etrukische/Romeinse “bulla” is een aan een halsketting gedragen holle hanger die parfum of een bezwering kon bevatten. In deze bulla is labdanum, 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.
Date	5th century BC date QS:P571,-450-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 (Classical)
Medium	gold medium QS:P186,Q897
Dimensions	4.1 × 2.6 × 2.6 cm (1.6 × 1 × 1 in)
Collection	Walters Art Museum    Native name Walters Art Museum Location Baltimore, United States of America Coordinates 39° 17′ 48″ N, 76° 36′ 58″ W   Established 1934  Website thewalters.org Authority file : Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 000000040373611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number	57.371
Place of creation	Comacchio (in present-day Italy) (?)
Object history	Said to be from Comacchio, near Ferrara Sangiorgi [date and mode of acquisition unknown] 1930: purchased by Henry Walters, Baltimore 1931: bequeathed to Walters Art Museum by Henry Walters
Exhibition history	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.
Credit line	Acquired by Henry Walters, 1930
Inscriptions	[Transcription] In retrograde Etruscan: Vikare (and) Taitle; [Translation] Icarus (and) Daedalus
Source	Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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