Hellenistic Amethyst and Gold Necklace

strung as a necklace with an 22-karat gold sailor’s knot chain and S-hook clasp

beads, 3rd - 1st Centuries BC

length: 45.7 cm. (18 in.)

#2230

ex: private American collection, early 1970s

Comparanda: ; Rudolph, Wolf & Barbara Deppert; A Golden Legacy : Ancient Jewelry from the Burton Y. Berry Collection at the Indiana University Art Museum (Bloomington, 1995) pp.229-231 no.63.A; Rudolph, Wolf ; Ancient Jewelry from the Collection of Burton Y Berry (Bloomington, 1973) no.3