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Image of Gallery in South Kensington
On display at V&A South Kensington
Jewellery, Rooms 91, The William and Judith Bollinger Gallery

Necklace

300 BC (made)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Gold necklace with a loop-in-loop chain, filigree decoration and granulation. The cylinder seal pendant is of carnelian, engraved with a depiction of a female figure and a bird.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Materials and techniques
Gold with granulation, engraved carnelian
Brief description
Necklace with a cylinder seal pendant, gold with loop-in-loop chain, filigree and granulation, carnelian engraved with a female figure and a bird, Ancient Greece, about 300 BC
Physical description
Gold necklace with a loop-in-loop chain, filigree decoration and granulation. The cylinder seal pendant is of carnelian, engraved with a depiction of a female figure and a bird.
Dimensions
  • Including pendants height: 23.7cm
  • Width: 4.5cm
  • Depth: 1.5cm
Style
Subjects depicted
Collection
Accession number
122-1864

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Record createdApril 11, 2005
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