LOT 0283 ROMAN GLASS AND GOLD NECKLACE - WEARABLE
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Ca. 100-300 AD. Roman. A beautiful restrung necklace made of circular and flat beads glass beads in a blue, black, red and white palette, gold beads, and a zoomorphic gold pendant. Excellent condition; wearable. Necklaces and bracelets were part of the feminine costume in the Roman world and some examples can be seen faithfully illustrated, for instance, in the female painted mummy portraits from Roman Egypt; ancient sculptures too sometimes show bejewelled women of the Roman period - see, for instance, the splendid series of carved reliefs from the city of Palmyra, in modern Syria. To find out more about Roman jewellery, see, for example, Higgins, R. (1980). Greek and Roman jewellery. London: Methuen.Size: L:295mm / W:145mm ; 16.1g. Provenance: From the collection of a London gentleman; formerly acquired in early 2000s in Japan; previously in a 1970s Japanese collection.
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