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Bead necklace with gazelle-head finials
Greek
Hellenistic Period
2nd century B.C.
Place of Manufacture: Italy, Campania or Apulia
Medium/Technique
Gold and garnet
Dimensions
Length: 38.3 cm (15 1/16 in.)
Credit Line
Henry Lillie Pierce Fund
Accession Number98.787
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CollectionsJewelry, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Necklaces and neck bands
DescriptionThe chain consists of beads joined by gold links; transparent brown beads, held in filigree-outlined rosette-cup settings, alternate with spherical gold beads, smooth except for filigree ornament around their openings. The finials are schematized gazelles' heads with inlaid eyes and small, once-inlaid discs arranged like bridle ornaments. A bead in a capsule setting forms the collar of each. (A. Herrmann in The Search for Alexander, cat. no. 75)
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren (according to Warren's records: bought in Florence and said to have been found at Nola); 1898: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 69,618.13 (this figure is the total price for MFA 98.641-98.940)