NECKLACE Hellenistic art, 3rd century B.C. Agate... Lot 46

NECKLACE Hellenistic art, 3rd century B.C. Agate with three layers; gold brooch Provenance Paris, private collection of Mr. S., early 1980s, then by descent. AN EASTERN HELLENISTIC GOLD NECKLACE WITH GARNET BEADS AND GOLD PENDELOQUES, 3RD CENTURY B.C. 15,5 in. Length ; 20,62 grs. Consisting on a chain form the loop-in-loop type each one made with 4 gold wires. Composed with garnet beads alternating with hollow gold plaque pendeloque. The central element made of a drilled garnet bead connected with a gold plaque losange-shaped element and three other in a form of rounded leaves. Very good conservation. The chain is composed of intertwined links each consisting of four gold wires and finished on the one hand by a hook and on the other by a ring. Alternating garnet beads and hollow gold pendeloque. The central element consists of a garnet bead pierced through and through The central element is a garnet bead pierced on both sides, from which hangs a pendant consisting of a gold plate in the shape of a diamond and three other plates in the shape of leaves.