1991.75.38, Diadem, Greece, ca. 6th century B.C.E., gold
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
From an early period in Greek history, ornamented bands made from sheet gold were worn around the head.
1991.75.48, Necklace, Greece, ca. 5th-4th century B.C.E., gold
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The fine, cord-like loop-in-loop chain of this ancient Greek necklace supports three gold pendants. Two are in the shape of amphorae; one consists of four rosettes made from sheet gold and soldered vertically to a central tube.
1991.75.90, Necklace, Greece, 2nd century B.C.E., gold, glass
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
On this ancient Greek necklace, globular glass beads in green, blue, red, and translucent colors alternate with white glass beads in the shape of dumbbells.
1991.75.47, Necklace Greece, ca. 4th-1st century B.C.E., gold, coral
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This necklace illustrates a
1991.75.54, Diadem with ornamental frieze, Greece, 4th century B.C.E., gold
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
From an early period in Greek history, ornamented bands made from sheet gold were worn around the head.
1991.75.80.a-c, Necklace, Greece, 2nd-1st century B.C.E., Gold, semiprecious stones, glass
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
This Hellenistic Greek necklace is formed of large and small globular beads and an oval bead in the center.
1991.75.39, Diadem, Greece, ca. 7th- 6th century B.C.E., gold
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
From an early period in Greek history, ornamented bands made from sheet gold were worn around the head.
1991.75.66.a-b, Two segments of a diadem, Greece, Late 3rd-2nd century B.C.E., gold
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
From an early period in Greek history, ornamented bands made from sheet gold were worn around the head.
1991.75.75, Diadem, Greece, 2nd century B.C.E., gold
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
From an early period in Greek history, ornamented bands made from sheet gold were worn around the head.
1991.75.56, Necklace with pendant, Greece, ca. 4th-3rd century B.C.E., gold
GENERAL DESCRIPTION
The heavy, multiple loop-in-chain of this ancient Greek necklace terminates at both ends in a snake's head, with a long collar on which the snake's scales are indicated in filigree.