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Necklace

100s BCE
gold, moonstone, garnet, emerald, cornelian, baroque pearl, and banded agate
Overall: 39.4 cm (15 1/2 in.)
Gift of Mrs. John L. Severance 1928.234
Location: not on view
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The lynx heads on this necklace may reference the mythical King Lyncus of Scythia.

Description

Alternating semiprecious stones and granulated gold beads come together to form this magnificent necklace, capped with a gold clasp framed by banded agate cabochons. The pendant portion of this necklace is centered around a large translucent moonstone in a gold setting, framed by smaller garnet ovals, also set in gold. Two tiny gold lynx heads clasp the garnet settings in their mouths. Small baroque (nonspherical) pearls dangle from these central settings. The combination of multiple precious and semiprecious stones with complex goldwork suggests that this necklace was originally made in one of the Greek kingdoms in the Black Sea region.
Necklace

Necklace

100s BCE

Greece

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