Lot 72
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A GREEK GOLD SEED-POD NECKLACE
A GREEK GOLD SEED-POD NECKLACE
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A GREEK GOLD SEED-POD NECKLACE

LATE HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.

Details
A GREEK GOLD SEED-POD NECKLACE
LATE HELLENISTIC PERIOD, CIRCA 2ND-1ST CENTURY B.C.
15 in. (38 cm.) long
54.3 g
Provenance
New York art market, 1989.
UK private collection, acquired from the above.

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Lot Essay

The necklace consists of a doubled, loop-in-loop chain with a fringe of small seed-pod pendants. The motif of the seed-pods may have symbolized fertility. See Inv. no. 1980,19 in the Antikenmuseum, Berlin, for similar.

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