Chain terminating in a leaf motif, and having a raised openwork clasp ornament

Roman Period

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 138

Roman and Byzantine necklace centerpieces generally take a circular form. The convex openwork disk on this necklace is characteristic of a 2nd or 3rd century date.

Chain terminating in a leaf motif, and having a raised openwork clasp ornament, gold, blue stone, emerald

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