Red Agate, Carnelian and Gold Ancient Necklace

This stunning necklace dates from the Hellenistic Period. Beginning with the death of Alexander the Great in 323 B.C., the era is renowned for its artistic efflorescence. Gold flooded into the Eastern Mediterranean after Alexander’s conquest of Persia, and with an abundance of material to work with, the skill of Hellenistic jewellers reached new heights of refinement and inspiration. This piece likely dates from the Late Hellenistic period, during which jewellers made innovative use of gemstones within elaborate gold settings. This necklace composed of ancient elements, including 10 gold beads with hanging charms, 28 large natural polished garnet beads and a large central gold capped lozenge shaped banded agate. From the Hellenistic period, this necklace may have originated from Greece or as far East as the Bactriana (modern day Northern Afghanistan, including parts of southwestern Tajikistan and southeastern Uzbekistan). This necklace has been restrung and fitted with an 18ct gold S clasp.

These necklace elements come from Asia minor, a large region covering areas of modern-day Turkey, Iran and east into India. Many important civilisations inhabited this area in antiqu...

Bactrian culture spread across a wide area of modern-day Afghanistan and Uzbekistan and reached its zenith between 2100 and 1700 B.C. It produced many unique and distinctive objects ...

An ancient Hellenistic period necklace from, 3rd-1st Century B.C., South Arabia, possinly Yemen. This remarkable necklace is composed of spherical garnet beads, interspersed alternat...

A wonderful ancient necklace, with original chain and agate 'eye' bead.

Bactrian culture spread across a wide area of modern-day Afghanistan and Uzbekistan and reached its zenith between 2100 and 1700 B.C. It produced many unique and distinctive objects and jewellery. This Bactrian necklace...

Ancient amulet necklace composed of twenty one well matched graduated banded agate biconical beads measuring 32mm to 17mm and 22 carnelian beads approximately 5mm in diameter. The agates of exceptional figure showing "eye" formations which were used as protective talismans, with natural inclusions, minor abraisions consistent with age, and pitting possibly from use of the mineral content of the stone for medicinal purposes. Modern twist lock. A comparable necklace was sold at Christie's New York Ancient Jewelry...

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