Byzantine Emerald and Gold Filigree Necklace

 

 

 

6th- 8th Centuries AD

 

Height: 43 cm.     (16 15/16 in.)

 

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

 

Published:  Antiquarium Ltd.; Ancient Treasures XII (New York, 2014) p.39

 

cf:  Ross, Marvin C.; Catalogue of the Byzantine and early medieval antiquities in the Dumbarton Oaks Collection. Vol. 2, Jewelry, enamels, and art of the migration period (Washington D.C., 1965) pp.7-8, no.4 (pl.8); pp.16-17, no.11 (pl.9)

 

 

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