Ancient Roman jewelry: necklaces, beads & pendants
ROMAN GOLD AND GLASS NECKLACE II-III century A.D. Composed of six gold crescent pendants with twisted wire perimeter and double-ribbed suspension loop, triangular clusters of granulation, single granules at termination points; twenty- five 14-faceted green glass beads; thirty-four spherical and semi-spherical small green glass beads and later gold beads, soldered from two halves and terminated with wire collars; L. 15" (38.1 cm).
Headdress | Sumerian | Early Dynastic IIIa | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
2600-2500 BCE leaf-shaped headdress Early Dynastic period IIIa; Sumerian style Excavated at "King's Grave," Ur, Mesopotamia Gold, lapis lazuli, carnelianthe city of Ur, in which sixteen royal tombs were excavated in the 1920s and 1930s by Sir Leonard Woolley. L. 15 3/16 in. (38.5 cm) hb_33.35.3
Chain with Birds and Geometric Motifs | Kyivan Rus’ | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Chain with Birds and Geometric Motifs. 1000–1200. Made in, Kiev (probably). Culture: Kievan Rus'. Cloisonné enamel, gold. Chains, called riazni, were created from small cloisonné enamel medallions. The chains may have joined layers of dress, been worn as necklaces or bracelets, or used to suspend circular or crescent-shaped pendants known as temple pendants or kolti.
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THREE ROMAN GOLD PENDANTS CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D. Each leaf-shaped sheet with a repoussé female bust depicted frontally, her head turned slightly to her left, one wearing a Phrygian cap, each pendant framed by a plain border, the point with a wire threaded through an emerald, a ribbed suspension loop above, two with filigree scrolling and one with embossed rosettes in the field; strung together on a modern gold chain