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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 The combination of multiple precious and semiprecious stones with complex goldwork suggests that this necklace was originally made in one of the Greek kingdoms in the Black Sea region.
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Document identity
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109609
label
Necklace
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109609
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object
title
Necklace
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 The combination of multiple precious and semiprecious stones with complex goldwork suggests that this necklace was originally made in one of the Greek kingdoms in the Black Sea region.
date
100s BCE
rights
CC0
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CC0
language
en
wikidata
Q80002094
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Jewelry
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1
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import
dimensionsRaw
Overall: 39.4 cm (15 1/2 in.)
cul
Greece
accession
1928.234
Source extras
tec
gold, moonstone, garnet, emerald, cornelian, baroque pearl, and banded agate
tombstone
Necklace, 100s BCE. Greece. Gold, moonstone, garnet, emerald, cornelian, baroque pearl, and banded agate; overall: 39.4 cm (15 1/2 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. John L. Severance, 1928.234
collection
GR - Greek
didYouKnow
The lynx heads on this necklace may reference the mythical King Lyncus of Scythia.
citations
citation
“A Greek Necklace.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 15, no. 8 (October 1928): 162–165.
page_number
Mentioned and reproduced: p. 162-165
citation
"Gives Cleveland a Grecian Necklace" <em>The Art Digest.</em> Nov. 1, 1928.
page_number
p.19
citation
Amyx, Darrell A. and Barbara A. Forbes.<em> Echoes from Olympus: Reflections of Divinity in Small-Scale Classical Art. </em>Berkeley: University Art Museum, 1974.
page_number
Cat no. 192. Mentioned p. 134
citation
Oliver, Andrew Jr. "The Olbia Treasure" in Walters Art Gallery (Baltimore, Md.). <em>Jewelry, Ancient to Modern</em>. New York: Viking Press, in cooperation with Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, 1980. pp.194-103.
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Mentioned p. 97
citation
Davidson, Patricia F. and Andrew Oliver. <em>Ancient Greek and Roman Gold Jewelry in the Brooklyn Museum</em>. Brooklyn N.Y: Museum. 1984
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Mentioned p. 46
citation
Musche, Brigitte.<em> Vorderasiatischer Schmuck zur Zeit der Arsakiden und der Sasaniden.</em> Leiden: Brill, 1988.
page_number
Mentioned cat. no. 4.7.5, p. 146, Reproduced Pl. XLII, fig. 4.7.5
citation
Treister, Mikhail Yu. "Polychrome Necklaces from the Late Hellenistic Period", <em>Ancient Civilizations from Scythia to Siberia</em> 10, 3-4 (2004): 199-257,
page_number
Mentioned p. 222, 238-240. Reproduced p. 239, fig. 7.
creditline
Gift of Mrs. John L. Severance
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2026-05-29 05:51:21.062000
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109609
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Greek and Roman Art
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GR - Greek
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gold, moonstone, garnet, emerald, cornelian, baroque pearl, and banded agate
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