Western Asiatic Gold Pendant with Beads

1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

1 1/8 in. (0.85 grams, 28 mm).

Comprising a three-dimensional flower composed of gold spheres, supported by a slender stem with a turquoise and coral bead.

Provenance

From a late Japanese specialist collector, 1970-2000s.

Literature

Cf. Nicolaou, I., ‘The Jewellery of Cyprus from Neolithic to Roman Times (plates XXIII-XXXIII)’ in Archaeologia Cypria II: In honour of K. Nicolaou, 1990, pp.117-120, pl.XXVId, for a pair of earrings with gold globular pendant; see the lower part of earrings in Pisano Quattrocchi, G., I gioielli Fenici di Tharros nel Museo Nazionale di Cagliari, Rome, 1974, no.626.

CONDITION

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