Greek Provincial Gold Bead Necklace with Flower Pendant
Greek Provincial Gold Bead Necklace with Flower Pendant 5th century BC
A restrung necklace comprising a central gold pendant from Magna Graecia, discoid in shape with a ribbed suspension loop featuring a tiered floral flourish; the pendant consists of a series of granulated concentric borders and a central floral motif; strung with gold biconvex, drum-shaped, tubular, collared tubular and spherical with granulated collared beads. 50.1 grams, 57cm (22 1/2"). Fine condition.
Provenance
Property of a London gentleman; formerly in the private collection of an English lady previously living in Oxford; acquired on the UK art market from the mid 1980s; accompanied by an independent specialist report and valuation by graduate gemmologist and jewellery expert Anna Rogers, GIA GG, BA, Gem-A, ref. no.164807/7/10/2020; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no.10129-164807.
Literature
Cf. Marshall, F.H., Catalogue of Jewellery: Greek, Etruscan & Roman in the Departments of Antiquities, British Museum, London, 1969, item 1426, for type of gold disk; Despini A.D., Ancient Gold Jewellery, Athens,1996. nn, 117,125, for similar biconical and globular beads.
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Greek Provincial Gold Bead Necklace with Flower Pendant 5th century BC
A restrung necklace comprising a central gold pendant from Magna Graecia, discoid in shape with a ribbed suspension loop featuring a tiered floral flourish; the pendant consists of a series of granulated concentric borders and a central floral motif; strung with gold biconvex, drum-shaped, tubular, collared tubular and spherical with granulated collared beads. 50.1 grams, 57cm (22 1/2"). Fine condition.
Provenance
Property of a London gentleman; formerly in the private collection of an English lady previously living in Oxford; acquired on the UK art market from the mid 1980s; accompanied by an independent specialist report and valuation by graduate gemmologist and jewellery expert Anna Rogers, GIA GG, BA, Gem-A, ref. no.164807/7/10/2020; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no.10129-164807.
Literature
Cf. Marshall, F.H., Catalogue of Jewellery: Greek, Etruscan & Roman in the Departments of Antiquities, British Museum, London, 1969, item 1426, for type of gold disk; Despini A.D., Ancient Gold Jewellery, Athens,1996. nn, 117,125, for similar biconical and globular beads.
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