Harappan Carnelian Bead Necklace, Greek Granulated Carnelian pin and earrings and Conch Shell Pin

May 18th, 2007

Harappan Carnelian Bead Necklace, Greek Granulated Carnelian pin and earrings and Conch Shell Pin

Harap­pan Car­nelian Bead Neck­lace–
An ancient neck­lace from Harappa in the Indus Val­ley region, dat­ing from 2600–1800 B.C., was the model for this hand­made gold-plated bead neck­lace. This ver­sion fea­tures hand-cut car­nelian stones. Pro­duced in coop­er­a­tion with the Mohenjo-Daro Museum, Pakistan.

Greek Gran­u­lated Car­nelian–
Ancient Greek gold­smiths often embell­ished their work with gran­u­la­tion, a form of orna­men­ta­tion in which tiny spheres of gold were fused to a metal sur­face. Based on orig­i­nal jew­elry designs, this lovely col­lec­tion fea­tures large and lumi­nous car­nelian stones sur­rounded by finely gran­u­lated, triangular-patterned bor­ders. Ster­ling sil­ver with gold plate.

Conch Shell Pin–
A grace­fully con­tured repro­duc­tion of an ancient mar­ble liba­tion shell (Greek, 5th cen­tury B.C.) once used for pour­ing cer­e­mo­nial wine. Gold Plate.

All jew­elry avail­able dur­ing the first week of Sep­tem­ber at The Met­ro­pol­i­tan Museum of Art or one of its stores.

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