AN EARLY DARK AGE GOLD NECKLACE WITH PENDANT, the loop-in-loop chain with hook and eye clasp, the double-arched pendant with granulated border and each side set with a circle flanked by two lunate gold box-settings mounted with blue glass, one side with a central red glass inlay, the other with a pearl, with four gold pendants terminating in pearls, the clasp probably adapted from a Byzantine gold earring, circa 4th-5th Century A.D.

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AN EARLY DARK AGE GOLD NECKLACE WITH PENDANT, the loop-in-loop chain with hook and eye clasp, the double-arched pendant with granulated border and each side set with a circle flanked by two lunate gold box-settings mounted with blue glass, one side with a central red glass inlay, the other with a pearl, with four gold pendants terminating in pearls, the clasp probably adapted from a Byzantine gold earring, circa 4th-5th Century A.D.
13¾in. (35cm.) long

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The double arch form, though usually more elongated, is a common pendant form, particularly on earrings

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