Etruscan 金 伊特鲁里亚金螺旋戒指
编号 83765387
金 项链饰有新月形吊坠。公元1-3世纪 - 40 cm
编号 83765387
金 项链饰有新月形吊坠。公元1-3世纪 - 40 cm
Formed of a length of multiple loop-in-loop chain, terminating in a hook-and-loop closure, the chain supporting a central crescent-shaped pendant flanked by two rectanfular pendants decorated with five hammered hemispheres
40 cm long
Note
Some styles of Roman jewelry were both very long-lived and used throughout the Empire. The crescent pendant, symbolic of the moon, that decorate this necklace is often found in Roman jewelry and in depictions on Roman mummy portraits from Egypt.
Provenance
Private collection, Switzerland, acquired from the above in 1984
Condition
With traces of wear, depression on all hemispheres on the rectangular ornaments