A vibrant Western Asiatic gold pendant, featuring a stack of beads of various materials, shapes and sizes. The piece is composed of two gold beads with granulation above and below a rounded garnet bead, a light blue glass bead, and a dark blue glass bead. A suspension loop sits at the top. Many grand civilisations inhabited the area of Western Asia in Antiquity, and their wealth and prosperity is witnessed by the very sophisticated precious metal crafting of jewellery. Gold would have been hammered down to a thin layer and manipulated into different shapes. Gold and silver jewellery were also enriched with gold granules, glass and semi-precious stone inlays and detailed engravings. Very fine granulation along with filigree, were at the centre of Near Eastern and Western Asiatic jewellery production and were later adopted by the Greeks, Etruscans and Romans. Measurements: Circa L 2.2 cm x W 0.7 cm Weight: 2.42g Provenance: Ex Japanese gentleman deceased collection, 1970-2010.