Necklace

5th-7th century (Late Antique)

16.8 cm 1.3 cm 18.2 cm

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Wealthy women in the Byzantine Empire favored elaborate necklaces such as these. Pearls and emeralds (from Egypt) were most highly prized, although amethysts evoked the imperial use of the color purple.

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Zakieh Pasha, Cairo, by purchase; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York [date of acquisition unknown], by purchase; Sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, May 11, 1949, no. 9; Walters Art Museum, 1949, by purchase.
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Byzantine

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