Ancient necklace

iridescene: A first century collar necklace from a tomb in Tillia Tepe, Afghanistan. Wow.

Da coleção jóias Egípcias.

PANGAEA: This ancient looking necklace could have just been unearthed at an excavation site or borrowed from a museum exhibit! Rustic and soulful, this exotic necklace features old African carnelian trade beads of different shapes and sizes that beautifully show their age and use. I included a couple old bauxite pipestone beads from Ghana, an ornately carved Tibetan bead, African brass, a gold leaf and clay buddha bead and a stunning hand carved jade dragon medallion. This one-of-a-kind…

A NECKLACE OF ETRUSCAN SCARABS CIRCA 5TH CENTURY B.C. All mounted in a Victorian gold necklace, in the a globolo style.

While the pieces on display are beautiful, The Met's Jewelry: The Body Transformed exhibition is lacking in curatorial vision, dividing the objects into blandly-broad thematic sections.

CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN GOLD AND BANDED AGATE NECKLACE CIRCA 2ND-3RD CENTURY A.D. Composed of barrel-shaped, cylindrical and tabular banded agate beads, interspersed with gold spherical beads, centered by an oval pendant in the form of a gold box set with a convex eye agate, the box with a flanged rim, three suspension loops below for now missing elements; strung with a modern S-hook closure

Ancient Georgian gold necklace, dated to the second half of the 3rd millennium BCE. Found in the Georgian National Museum.

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