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Pendant for a Chain

Date

2nd–1st century B.C.

Medium

Agate, dark stone, rock crystal and gold

Culture

Near Eastern (Parthian)

Department

Jewelry

Institution

Getty Museum

Pendant for a chain with end cuffs of raised gold sheet. The pendant uses two different cuff types of gold sheet. One cuff has an end plate and an eye. It is edged with twisted gold wire and decorated with triangles of granulation and attached to the stone with metal pins. The other cuff has no end plate and the eye is missing. It is edged with beaded gold wire and decorated with tongues of gold wire and with a few larger, drop-shaped elements. The second cuff was unquestionably worked for a stone of the type used here. The repair was possibly carried out in antiquity.

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