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LOT 0945
Roman Gold and Glass Pendant
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D.
5/8 in. (0.41 grams, 17 mm).
Comprising a hollow-form biconical pendant with vertical ribbing, cylindrical cell below set with a re-used coral-colour glass bead; applied suspension loop with a small piercing above.
Provenance
From the collection of a late Japanese collector, 1970s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Literature
Cf. for similar the pendant shaped like a small vase marked with flutings on a Roman necklace of Castellani collection (BM) in Marshall, F.H., Catalogue of the Jewellery, Greek, Etruscan and Roman, in the Department of Antiquities, British Museum, London, 1911, item 2700.
Footnotes
Coral was regarded by the Romans as a material containing powerful charm. Sometimes it was attached to phalli, which in themselves were a charm to ward off the evil eye, as may be seen from a passage in the Geoponica (XV,1,31).
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