THE GALLERY OF ANCIENT ART

Adornments
1. ADORNMENTS. Greece.
Earring.
Mycenaean.
2. ADORNMENTS. Greece.
Golden button.
Mycenaean.
3. ADORNMENTS. Greece.
Golden pendant.
Mycenaean.
4. ADORNMENTS. Greece.
Gold necklaces from chamber tombs in Mycenae.
1600—1200 BCE.
Athens, National Archaeological Museum.
5. ADORNMENTS. Greece.
Gold necklaces from chamber tombs in Mycenae.
1600—1200 BCE.
Athens, National Archaeological Museum.
6. ADORNMENTS. Greece.
Golden diadem.
Mycenaean.
Athens, National Archaeological Museum.
7. ADORNMENTS. Black Sea Coast.
Bracelets from Olbia.
Gold, garnet, amethyst, emerald, pearl, chrysoprase, glass, enamel and modern replacements.
Elements: late 2nd century BCE; Setting: 1st century BCE (Hellenistic).
Inv. Nos. VO.59 / 57.375 / 57.376.
Baltimore, Walters Art Museum.
8. ADORNMENTS. Rome.
Ring with a bust of Jupiter.
Gold.
Ca. 50 BCE — 20 CE.
Inv. No. Misc. 7051.
Berlin, State Museums, Old Museum.
9. GLYPTICS. Rome.
Ring adorned with a cameo depicting a Satyr and a Nymph.
Gold, cornelian, onyx. Ca. 50 BCE — 20 CE.
Inv. Nos. Misc. 7066 / FG 11067.
Berlin, State Museums, Old Museum.
10. ADORNMENTS. Greece.
Bracelet.
Gold.
Greece. Hellenistic period, 4th—3rd cent. BCE.
Christie’s Fine Art Auction House, London.
11. ADORNMENTS. Greece.
Bracelet with bust of Dionysus.
Silver.
Greece. Hellenistic period, 2nd—1st cent. BCE.
Christie’s Fine Art Auction House, London.
12. ADORNMENTS. Greece.
Herakles knot from a necklace or girdle.
Gold, enamel and garnet.
Greece. Hellenistic period, 4th—3rd cent. BCE.
Christie’s Fine Art Auction House, London.
13. ADORNMENTS. Greece.
Myrtle wreath.
Gold.
Greece. Hellenistic period, 3rd—2nd cent. BCE.
Christie’s Fine Art Auction House, London.
14. ADORNMENTS. Etruria.
Etruscan bracelet from Vetulonia.
Gold. 7th century BCE.
Florence, National Archaeological Museum.
15. ADORNMENTS. Etruria.
Fibulas from Vulci and Marsiliana.
Gold. 7th century BCE.
Florence, National Archaeological Museum.
16. ADORNMENTS. Etruria.
Two fibulas from Vetulonia.
Upper — with granulation. Gold. Legth — 0,156 m.
Lower — from the Littora tomb. Gold. Legth — 0,154 m.
Both are from 7th century BCE.
Florence, National Archaeological Museum.
17. ADORNMENTS. Black Sea Coast.
Wreath from Gorgippia.
Stamped gold. 2nd—mid-3rd cent. CE.
Length 63.5 cm.
Inv. No. MD 3289.
Krasnodar, Museum of History and Archaeology.
18. ADORNMENTS. Black Sea Coast.
Wreath from Gorgippia. Detail: plate in the center depicting Aphrodite Urania with the sceptre and Eros.
Stamped gold. 2nd—mid-3rd cent. CE.
Inv. No. MD 3289.
Krasnodar, Museum of History and Archaeology.
19. ADORNMENTS. Greece.
Strap necklace with seedlike pendants.
Gold, enamel.
Ca. 330—300 BCE.
Inv. No. 1872,0604.660.
London, British Museum.
20. ADORNMENTS. Greece.
Strap necklace with seedlike pendants.
Gold, enamel.
Ca. 330—300 BCE.
Inv. No. 1872,0604.660.
London, British Museum.