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A PARTHIAN GOLD AND GARNET PENDANT
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C./A.D.
With gold-capped cylindrical rod surmounted by two suspension loops, the terminal caps with garnet inlays surrounded by granulation, below two square gold and garnet pendants from which hangs a pear-shaped gold pendant with central garnet inlay, 1¾ in. (4.5 cm.) high; and an Islamic gold crescentic pendant decorated with filigree 'S'-scrolls, set with a central garnet inlay, suspension loops at the edge, three ovoid pendants below, one emerging from a flowerhead, 11th-12th Century A.D., 1¼ in. (3.3 cm.) high (2)
CIRCA 2ND CENTURY B.C./A.D.
With gold-capped cylindrical rod surmounted by two suspension loops, the terminal caps with garnet inlays surrounded by granulation, below two square gold and garnet pendants from which hangs a pear-shaped gold pendant with central garnet inlay, 1¾ in. (4.5 cm.) high; and an Islamic gold crescentic pendant decorated with filigree 'S'-scrolls, set with a central garnet inlay, suspension loops at the edge, three ovoid pendants below, one emerging from a flowerhead, 11th-12th Century A.D., 1¼ in. (3.3 cm.) high (2)