Object Description
A Western Asiatic restrung necklace featuring beads made of white agate. All beads are rhomboid in shape, in a range of sizes and hues. The lower part of the necklace features two rounded gold-sheet beads, leading to a a stunning, delicately worked gold, pomegranate-shaped central bead, hollow in the centre and finished with adjoined granulated finials. The necklace closes via a modern, gold-plated clasp.
Overall length, from each end: 49.5 cm. When worn, it extends just past the collar bone, at around 23.5 cm.
Date: Circa 2nd – 1st Millenium BC