Greek Gold and Garnet Bead Necklace

strung for wear on a handwoven 22-karat gold chain

 

late Classical to Early Hellenistic, mid-4th to early 3rd Centuries BC

 

Height: 43 cm.     (16 15/16 in.)

 

 

 

ex: a private European collection, 1970's-1980's

 

Published: Antiquarium Ltd.; Ancient Treasures XII (New York, 2014) p.23

 

cf. Rudolph, Wolf  & Barbara Deppert; A Golden Legacy : Ancient Jewelry from the Burton Y. Berry Collection at the Indiana University Art Museum (Bloomington, 1995) pp.191-193, no.45

 

 

 

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