A Collection of Archaic Eastern Greek Gold Jewelry

Graduated spherical ribbed beads with central pomegranate pendant. 

Hair ornaments.

Solid Cast Silver Falcon Amulet with gold inlays, the falcon wearing an identical set of beads.

7th - 5th Centuries BC

 

 

ex: private collections United States & Europe, 1991

 

#9906

 

Published: 

Antiquarium Ltd.; Ancient Treasures XIV (New York, 2016) p.18-19

Antiquarium Ltd.; Ancient Treasures III (New York, 2005) p.6

Antiquarium Ltd.; Golden Treasures. Wearable Antiquity (New York, 1995) cover

 

 

Comparanda:

 

Utili, Federico ; Die archaische Nekropole von Assos (Bonn, 1999) no.829-843

 

Rudolph, Wolf  & Barbara Deppert; A Golden Legacy : Ancient Jewelry from the Burton Y. Berry Collection at the Indiana University Art Museum (Bloomington, 1995) no.11-12 (pomegranate bead, leaf bead)

 

Moscati, Sabatino ; The Phoenicians (Milan, 1988) p.379, p.384 

 

Marshall, FH ; Catalogue of the Jewellery Greek, Etruscan & Roman in the Department of Antiquities, British Museum (London, 1911) no.1001-1010, 1194; no.1236-38; 1490 (bird)