Segment openwork necklace made of gold with garnets. Gemstones from the clasp parts are missing. Probably from Egypt, 500-600 Late Antique / Byzantine. Almost 5 cm at its widest point.
The black and white photos below show the necklace before it was restored. Notice the strings of pearls/beads on the back sides.
In the Louvre Inv. No. Bj 2373
© 2010 RMN-Grand Palais (musée du Louvre) / Hervé Lewandowski
There are more photos of the individual elements of the necklace on the Louvre Museum website.
- Metzger, Catherine; Tavoso, Olivier, Perdu et retrouvé, histoire d’un collier de l’Antiquité tardive. La Revue des musées de France. Revue du Louvre, 3, 2012, p. 41-51
- Rosenberg, Marc, « Der Cicerone: Halbmonatsschrift für die Interessen des Kunstforschers & Sammlers. 14 », Zwei Werke über antike Kleinkunst, 1922, Disponible sur: http://digi.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/diglit/cicerone1922 , p. 330-334
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