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CIRCA 1ST-7TH CENTURY A.D.
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A GOLD NECKLACE AND EARRINGS WITH EIGHTEEN ROMAN AND SASANIAN ETCHED CARNELIAN RINGSTONES
CIRCA 1ST-7TH CENTURY A.D.
The necklace composed of thirteen ringstones graduated in size, one engraved with a youth holding a branch; one with Fortuna holding a spear and a ship's rudder; one with a humped bull; one with a standing male figure; one with a hero holding a sword, attacking a lion; one with a standing male figure holding a staff; one with a standing draped figure framed by attributes, on a groundline, inscribed HN to the left, and HAT in the exergue; one with a squatting woman and a bird; one with Aphrodite Anadyomene; one with an enthroned deity holding a scepter; one with a charioteer driving a biga to the right; one with an enthroned deity holding a scepter; and one with Minerva holding a spear and shield; the ringstones interspersed with fourteen cabochon eye agates, all mounted with gold bezels hinged together and finished at each end with lengths of chain terminating in a hook-and-loop closure, with pendants at the center of three eye agates and three drop-shaped ringstones, two with Eros leaning on a torch, one with a wreath, the necklace pendants removable, and attachable to the earring loops; the earrings set with ringstones, one with a goat, one with a humped bull
Necklace: approximately 20 in. (50 cm.) long
Largest ringstone: ¾ in. (1.9 cm.) long (3)
CIRCA 1ST-7TH CENTURY A.D.
The necklace composed of thirteen ringstones graduated in size, one engraved with a youth holding a branch; one with Fortuna holding a spear and a ship's rudder; one with a humped bull; one with a standing male figure; one with a hero holding a sword, attacking a lion; one with a standing male figure holding a staff; one with a standing draped figure framed by attributes, on a groundline, inscribed HN to the left, and HAT in the exergue; one with a squatting woman and a bird; one with Aphrodite Anadyomene; one with an enthroned deity holding a scepter; one with a charioteer driving a biga to the right; one with an enthroned deity holding a scepter; and one with Minerva holding a spear and shield; the ringstones interspersed with fourteen cabochon eye agates, all mounted with gold bezels hinged together and finished at each end with lengths of chain terminating in a hook-and-loop closure, with pendants at the center of three eye agates and three drop-shaped ringstones, two with Eros leaning on a torch, one with a wreath, the necklace pendants removable, and attachable to the earring loops; the earrings set with ringstones, one with a goat, one with a humped bull
Necklace: approximately 20 in. (50 cm.) long
Largest ringstone: ¾ in. (1.9 cm.) long (3)
Provenance
The ringstones all acquired by the previous owner in New York between 1940-1970.
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