Etruscan Garnet and Gilt Silver Pendant Necklace

5th-2nd century BC. A gilt silver and garnet necklace comprising graduated garnet beads, spherical gilt beads decorated with applied wire floral motifs, and large piriform pendants with ribbed tubular suspension loops, also ornamented with applied wire motifs and bulbous finials; hook-and-eye clasp. See The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 40.11.7, for comparable elements; see The V&A Museum, accession number M.34-2001, for comparable elements. 63 grams, 48cm (18 3/4"). London art market; acquired from Bonhams, London, 29 April 2009, lot 226; formerly in the private collection of Juliette Niclausse (1901-1994), Paris, France; she acquired various items of antiquity from her father, the renowned sculptor Paul Niclausse (1879-1958) upon his death; she was a specialist in antique tapestries, editing and publishing several books on the subject including, Le Musée des Gobelins, de la tapisserie décor à la tapisserie peinture, 1939, and Tapisseries et Tapis de la Ville de Paris, 1948; accompanied by an independent specialist report and valuation, ref. no.178698/13/07/2021; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no.10857-178698.
Condition Report: Fine condition.