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Adornments | Greece | Necklaces
1. ADORNMENTS. Greece.
Gold necklaces from chamber tombs in Mycenae.
1600—1200 BCE.
Athens, National Archaeological Museum.
2. ADORNMENTS. Greece.
Gold necklaces from chamber tombs in Mycenae.
1600—1200 BCE.
Athens, National Archaeological Museum.
3. 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.
4. ADORNMENTS. Greece.
Strap necklace with seedlike pendants.
Gold, enamel.
Ca. 330—300 BCE.
Inv. No. 1872,0604.660.
London, British Museum.
5. ADORNMENTS. Greece.
Strap necklace with seedlike pendants.
Gold, enamel.
Ca. 330—300 BCE.
Inv. No. 1872,0604.660.
London, British Museum.
6. ADORNMENTS. Greece.
The Madytos Jewelry: pediment-shaped diadem, pair of earrings with disk and boat-shaped pendants, snake ring, seven rosettes, strap necklace with pendants, necklace of beads and tubes.
Gold, silver.
Ca. 330—300 BCE.
Inv. No. 06.1217.1—13.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
7. ADORNMENTS. Greece.
The Madytos Jewelry: necklace of beads and tubes.
Gold.
Ca. 330—300 BCE.
Inv. No. 06.1217.3.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
8. ADORNMENTS. Greece.
The Madytos Jewelry: strap necklace with seedlike pendants.
Gold.
Ca. 330—300 BCE.
Inv. No. 06.1217.13.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.
9. ADORNMENTS. Greece.
The Ganymede jewelry: necklace, pair of earrings with figure of Ganymede and eagle, pair of bracelets with ram’s head, four fibulae, ring with emerald.
Gold, rock crystal, emerald.
Ca. 330—300 BCE.
Inv. No. 37.11.8—17.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art.