November 2022 – Colors and Stones

Diadem with three gemstones, 1st C BCE-1st C CE [d/b]

diadem db, headband db

Big medallion / phalera from the time of Mithridates

BLACK SEA REGION, MEDALLIONS

Hellenistic period earrings with garnet and turquoise [d/b]

DATA BASE, earrings db, SILK ROAD

Art of Tajikistan

COMPILATIONS / galleries, SILK ROAD, Tajikistan

Neo-Elamite silver beaker [d/b]

DATA BASE, VESSELS

Sasanian silver cosmetic box [d/b]

DATA BASE, VESSELS

Brooch of the Lady of Quaregnon

brooch db, DATA BASE, FEMALE BURIAL, Merovingian

Necklace from Karashamb, Armenia; 2200-2000 BCE [d/b]

ARMENIA, DATA BASE, necklace db

Wide cuffs, arm bracelets, and bracers of the steppe peoples.

bracelets db, DATA BASE, STEPPE PEOPLES

Fayum type portrait of a woman, ca 140-160 [d/b]

DATA BASE, DISCRIMINALIA ornaments, FAYUM db

Discriminalia hair ornaments in Fayum – overview

COMPILATIONS / galleries, DISCRIMINALIA ornaments, FAYUM, FEMALE portraits db

Necklace with a lunula pendant, Syria; Byzantine, 600 CE [d/b]

BYZANTIUM, DATA BASE, DISCRIMINALIA ornaments, SYRIA

Majiayuan cemetery, Gansu, China – various ornaments and jewelry. The Warring States Period

China, DATA BASE, STEPPE PEOPLES

M16 tomb, Majiayuan cemetery, Gansu Province, China, 4th-3rd century BCE [wide bracelet]

bracelets db, China, DATA BASE, STEPPE PEOPLES

Jewelry from Mes Aynak, 500-700 CE [d/b]

AFGHANISTAN db, DATA BASE, JEWELRY db

An earring from Mes Aynak [d/b]

AFGHANISTAN db, DATA BASE, earrings db, SILK ROAD