Lot Essay
For a similar example see no. 29 in Reeder, Pandora, Women in Classical Greece.
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CIRCA 4TH CENTURY B.C.
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A GREEK GOLD AND STONE NECKLACE
circa 4th century b.c.
Composed of small spherical beads and small granulated beads strung together with larger spherical or granulated beads with a single loop joined to a gold or glass (blue or red) beech-nut pendant, together with large spherical beads with a repoussé leaf-pattern punctuated with granules, each with a ribbed cylinder with a beaded wire rim joined to three short lengths of loop-in-loop chain which terminate in small beads with similar leaf-patterns and granulation, the beads with flanged calyxes, each with a granule at the tip of the petals, set with a bud of red or blue glass
20¼ in. (51.4 cm) long
circa 4th century b.c.
Composed of small spherical beads and small granulated beads strung together with larger spherical or granulated beads with a single loop joined to a gold or glass (blue or red) beech-nut pendant, together with large spherical beads with a repoussé leaf-pattern punctuated with granules, each with a ribbed cylinder with a beaded wire rim joined to three short lengths of loop-in-loop chain which terminate in small beads with similar leaf-patterns and granulation, the beads with flanged calyxes, each with a granule at the tip of the petals, set with a bud of red or blue glass
20¼ in. (51.4 cm) long
Provenance
Dr. Elie Borowski
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