Necklace

Unknown

11th century · Gold; granulation · Islamic Art

Both men and women wore silver and gold necklaces in Seljuq times, but these resemble women’s chokers. The spherical gold beads of this necklace would have been formed by hammering gold sheet into a stone with a hemispherical depression and soldering the two halves together.

Artist

Unknown

Date

11th century

Medium

Gold; granulation

Department

Islamic Art

Credit line

Gift of Mrs. Jacob M. Kaplan, 1972