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Gold Necklace with Pearls and Stones of Emerald Plasma
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Gold Necklace with Pearls and Stones of Emerald Plasma

Date: 6th–7th century
Culture: Byzantine
Medium: Gold, pearls, emerald plasma
Dimensions: Overall: 16 3/4 x 13/16 x 7/16 in. (42.5 x 2.1 x 1.1 cm) Wt: 64g
Classification: Metalwork-Gold
Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number: 17.190.153
On view in Gallery 301
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This elegantly simple necklace alternates luminous white pearls with soft green gems worked from a type of quartz, one of several stones that were called emeralds in Byzantium.
  • Provenance

    Cyprus Treasure, found at Karavas, Cyprus, 1902; J. Pierpont Morgan, London and New York (until 1917)

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