A HELLENISTIC MULTISTRAND GOLD BEAD NECKLACE WITH HEART-SHAPED ORNAMENTS

CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.

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A HELLENISTIC MULTISTRAND GOLD BEAD NECKLACE WITH HEART-SHAPED ORNAMENTS
CIRCA 3RD-2ND CENTURY B.C.
Composed of ribbed cylindrical beads and smaller beads interspersed with eight filigree heart-shaped ornaments with beaded wire decoration, each with three attachment loops on the reverse, restrung
Ornaments ½ in. (0.7 cm.) long

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Cf. A. C. Gunter and P. Jett, Ancient Iranian Metalwork in the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and The Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1992, pp. 101-103, no. 12, col. pl. 35; and E. V. Zeymal, The Treasure of Oxus, Leningrad, 1979, p. 70, no. 160 for similar heart-shaped ornaments.

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