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CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C.
Details
A WESTERN ASIATIC GOLD AND AMETHYST NECKLACE
Circa 5th Century B.C.
Composed of twenty-three pendant beads, each in the form of a pomegranate made from a hollow sphere with a serrated collar below and a suspension loop above, framed by a ring of plain wire at each join, together with fifty-eight gold beads, chiefly spherical in form, eight biconical amethyst beads and two lentoid amethyst beads
15¼ in. (38.7 cm) long
Circa 5th Century B.C.
Composed of twenty-three pendant beads, each in the form of a pomegranate made from a hollow sphere with a serrated collar below and a suspension loop above, framed by a ring of plain wire at each join, together with fifty-eight gold beads, chiefly spherical in form, eight biconical amethyst beads and two lentoid amethyst beads
15¼ in. (38.7 cm) long
Provenance
European Private Collection