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Necklace
William Spratling (American, 1900–1967)
1955–1960
Object Place: Taxco, Mexico
Medium/Technique
Gold, jadite, coral
Dimensions
Height x length: 7.6 x 45.7 cm (3 x 18 in.)
Credit Line
Museum purchase with funds from the Frank B. Bemis Fund, Arthur Tracy Cabot Fund, Karsh Center at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Stephen H. Borkowski, Leigh Braude-Borowski and Marek Borowski, Jo-Ann Edinburg Pinkowitz and Richard Pinkowitz, Karen and Michael Rotenberg, and gifts in honor of the marriage of Leigh Braude-Borowski and Marek Borowski donated by Lee and Allen Sinai, Shelly and Bruce K. Eckman, Joy and Douglas Kant, Lorraine Bressler, Joyce and Carl P. Sherr, Elliot Davis and John Paolella, Olga Vanegas and Dennis A. Carr, and all of the Art of the Americas curators
Accession Number2016.392
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsJewelry, Contemporary Art, Americas
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment – Necklaces and neck bands
DescriptionNecklace with chain of gold beads, at the center of which are five tubular ancient jade beads of varying lengths, interspersed with coral.
Marks
18K / WS
Provenance2005, sold by the estate of a private collector, San Diego, through Long Beach Auctions, Long Beach, CA to James Tracy and James Black, New York; 2016, sold by James Tracy and James Black to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 28, 2016)