Necklace with Amulets

Art Institute of Chicago

Necklace with Amulets

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Date
1st-4th century
Medium
Glass
Culture
Mediterranean Region
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
65621

Initially affordable only among the wealthy, glass was used in ancient Rome to create tableware and containers for oils and perfume. Glass was also used in jewelry as an economical substitute for more expensive precious or semi-precious stones. This necklace also includes magic amulets, believed both to ward off evil and to guarantee good luck.

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Credit line
Gift of Theodore W. and Frances S. Robinson
Provenance
Found near Tiberius; Azeez Khayat (1875-1943), New York City; sold to Theodore W. and Frances S. Robinson, Chicago, 1927 [correspondence in curatorial file]; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1949.

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AAT300209261

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