c.1st century AD and later. A gold necklaceposed of linked chain, sheet-gold tubular beads with caps, gold beads with carinated body and collars with applied granules, carnelian, lapis, amethyst and opaque glass beads of vario types including biconical, oblate, barrel and capsule-shaped, small central discoid pendant with ribbed spension loop, hook-and-eye closure. Cf. The Metropolitan Meum, accession number 95.16.13, for a necklace of similar style. 18.66 grams, 44cm (17 1/4"). Ex important Japanese private collection, 1970s-2010.