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CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
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A ROMAN GOLD, ROCK CRYSTAL AND GARNET BEAD NECKLACE
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Composed of thirty-four primarily spherical rock crystal beads, interspersed with twenty-four spherical garnet beads and four pomegranate-shaped gold pendants, centered by a gold element comprised of three joined box-shaped pendants, each with a cabochon glass at the center and decorated with granulation, a pomegranate-shaped pendant below each, a suspension loop surmounted by a sphere above; strung with a modern hook-and-loop closure
17 3/8 in. (44.1 cm.) long
CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.
Composed of thirty-four primarily spherical rock crystal beads, interspersed with twenty-four spherical garnet beads and four pomegranate-shaped gold pendants, centered by a gold element comprised of three joined box-shaped pendants, each with a cabochon glass at the center and decorated with granulation, a pomegranate-shaped pendant below each, a suspension loop surmounted by a sphere above; strung with a modern hook-and-loop closure
17 3/8 in. (44.1 cm.) long
Provenance
Lilian Dwyer Collection, County Cork, Ireland, 1950s.