Roman Gold Necklace with Gemstone Beads
c.1st century AD and later. A gold necklace composed of linked chain, sheet-gold tubular beads with caps, gold beads with carinated body and collars with applied granules, carnelian, lapis, amethyst and opaque glass beads of various types including biconical, oblate, barrel and capsule-shaped, small central discoid pendant with ribbed suspension loop, hook-and-eye closure. Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 95.16.13, for a necklace of similar style. 18.66 grams, 44cm (17 1/4"). Ex important Japanese private collection, 1970s-2010.
Condition Report: Very fine condition.
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c.1st century AD and later. A gold necklace composed of linked chain, sheet-gold tubular beads with caps, gold beads with carinated body and collars with applied granules, carnelian, lapis, amethyst and opaque glass beads of various types including biconical, oblate, barrel and capsule-shaped, small central discoid pendant with ribbed suspension loop, hook-and-eye closure. Cf. The Metropolitan Museum, accession number 95.16.13, for a necklace of similar style. 18.66 grams, 44cm (17 1/4"). Ex important Japanese private collection, 1970s-2010.
Condition Report: Very fine condition.
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