A Western Asiatic Agate and Gold Bead Necklace, ca. 78 - 20 BCE Vessels - Faience elegantly sloping brows

elegantly sloping brows

and he wears a long wig and a pleated shendyt

and sound were considered divine

and luxurious materials suggest ownership by someone of high social or religious rank

Museum collection #360 marked on one surface

A Western Asiatic Agate and Gold Bead Necklace, ca. 78 - 20 BCE Vessels - Faience elegantly sloping browsThis superb necklace is comprised of seven banded barrel shaped agate beads along with two carnelian barrel beads graduating in size, and interspersed with high karat gold biconical and small carnelian spacer beads. A truly exquisite necklace that showcases the mastery of ancient workmanship. The process of extraction, transportation, and craftsmanship of these gorgeous hard stones required hours of labor, and such jewelry was therefore reserved for