Necklace with Child's-Head Pendant

1st century BCE-1st century CE (Imperial Roman (?))

0.9 cm 9.8 cm 53.4 cm

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This necklace is a pastiche. The carnelian beads are ancient and strung on modern gold links. The lion-head finials comprising the hook and eye clasp are reused from Greek earrings. The child's head boldly carved in a carnelian stone is set in a gold setting, which may or may...

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Hugo Weissmann, Boston; Walters Art Museum, 1957, by purchase.
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