Necklace with gold beads and pendants attached to agate in box setting

Unknown Artist

5th–4th century BCE?

Necklace with gold beads and pendants attached to agate in box setting by Unknown Artist

Medium

Gold

Dimensions

Other (59 elements): 2 × 7 5/16 in. (5.1 × 18.6 cm) Other (pendant): 1 3/16 × 3/8 × 1 9/16 in. (3 × 0.9 × 3.9 cm) Other (4 palmettes): 1/2 × 1/16 × 7/8 in. (1.3 × 0.2 × 2.2 cm) Diameter (54 beads): 1/4 × 5/16 in. (0.7 × 0.8 cm)

Classification

Gold and Silver

Culture & Period

Greek? · Classical?

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

The Cesnola Collection, Purchased by subscription, 1874–76

Accession Number

74.51.3398

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