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Fine Hellenistic Amethyst and Gold Bead Necklace

With 32 deep amethyst tear-shaped beads strung with 8 Gold bead spacers around the front (the beads purportedly found together). The amethyst slightly varied in color; with 3 tear-shaped pendant drops around the front. The gold beads intricately decorated with wire. The ancient beads restrung, with a few modern 22-karat gold open-work links at the back and a modern 18-karat shepherd's hook clasp.

beads, 3rd - 1st Centuries BC

necklace length: 45.7 mm. (1 13/16 in.)

#2230

ex: private American collection, early 1970s

Comparandum: Rudolph, Wolf ; Ancient Jewelry from the Collection of Burton Y Berry (Bloomington, 1973) no.3

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