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CIRCA EARLY 5TH CENTURY
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A SUITE OF EAST GREEK JEWELRY
circa early 5th century
Including a necklace composed of diamond-shaped banded agate and carnelian beads interspersed with tubular gold beads and spherical gold beads with beaded collars, and a large V-shaped banded agate bead with beveled edges, mounted in gold caps with twisted wire filigree and triangles of granulation; a carnelian "lion gem," the feline reclining on an oval plinth, perforated lengthwise, the lion with its head resting on its paws, with a well-detailed face and cross-hatched mane; a carnelian pendant in the form of a bird of prey, the eyes drilled, perforated at the shoulders; and part of a necklace composed of twenty gold double axe-shaped links, a rosette with a central granule in the center, each side with a three-frond palmette, strung together with a single crescent-shaped carnelian bead
7¼ in. (18.4 cm) long for the first
circa early 5th century
Including a necklace composed of diamond-shaped banded agate and carnelian beads interspersed with tubular gold beads and spherical gold beads with beaded collars, and a large V-shaped banded agate bead with beveled edges, mounted in gold caps with twisted wire filigree and triangles of granulation; a carnelian "lion gem," the feline reclining on an oval plinth, perforated lengthwise, the lion with its head resting on its paws, with a well-detailed face and cross-hatched mane; a carnelian pendant in the form of a bird of prey, the eyes drilled, perforated at the shoulders; and part of a necklace composed of twenty gold double axe-shaped links, a rosette with a central granule in the center, each side with a three-frond palmette, strung together with a single crescent-shaped carnelian bead
7¼ in. (18.4 cm) long for the first
Provenance
Dr. Elie Borowski
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