A PARTHIAN GOLD AND GARNET PENDANT, probably from an earring, in the form of a stylized amphora comprising a hollow openwork sheet gold sphere decorated with filigree, the neck supporting three scroll handles rising to a suspension loop, the body surrounded by six tear-shaped gold pendants each set with a cabochon garnet with granulated borders, a suspension loop below, circa 2nd Century B.C./A.D. 1 7/8in. (4.7cm.) long
A PARTHIAN GOLD AND GARNET PENDANT, probably from an earring, in the form of a stylized amphora comprising a hollow openwork sheet gold sphere decorated with filigree, the neck supporting three scroll handles rising to a suspension loop, the body surrounded by six tear-shaped gold pendants each set with a cabochon garnet with granulated borders, a suspension loop below, circa 2nd Century B.C./A.D. 1 7/8in. (4.7cm.) long
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