Western Asiatic Gold Pendant with Turquoise

LATE 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. OR LATER

3/8 in. (0.17 grams, 8.30 mm).

Comprising a turquoise-coloured glass bead, encased inside a gold fitting with a suspension loop. [No Reserve]

Provenance

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

Literature

Cf. Cambon, P., Hidden Afghanistan, Amsterdam, 2007, pp.155ff, for turquoise jewellery and garment appliques.

Footnotes

A great number of turquoise jewellery was employed by the Kushans, as shown by the marvellous finds of Tillya Tepe. In grave I the remains of a noblewoman show complex garment decoration, making use of bracteates, including triangles of gold with a granulated finish, double lozenges in turquoise, lapis lazuli and pyrites, and a square bracteate with turquoise inlaid work.

CONDITION

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