Gold, garnet, and agate necklace and earrings

Unknown

1st century BCE · Gold, garnet, agate · Greek and Roman Art

The necklace and earrings form a matching set; all are decorated with a large cabochon garnet. The chain loops on the earrings are unusual and must have been made to pass round the back of the ear lobe so that the garnet and gold decoration covered the front of the ear itself. Such fine Late Hellenistic parures are rare in comparison to the material from the rich burials of the early part of the Hellenistic period.

Artist

Unknown

Date

1st century BCE

Medium

Gold, garnet, agate

Culture

Greek

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Purchase, The Bothmer Purchase Fund and Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1994