A Greco-Roman Gold and Lapis Lazuli Necklace, ca. 1st century BCE – 2nd century CE Medium - Clay The wood handle is in

The wood handle is in the form of a papyrus column

Artist: Judy Watson Napangardi (c

Clark in 1911 and later donated to the Corcoran Gallery of Art in 1925

Provenance: The Nourollah Elghanayan Collection of Ancient Art

they were hand-worked probably by bead makers

A Greco-Roman Gold and Lapis Lazuli Necklace, ca. 1st century BCE – 2nd century CE Medium - Clay The wood handle is inThis refined collar necklace reflects the distinctive elegance of jewelry created across the ancient Mediterranean during the late Hellenistic and early Roman periods. The piece is composed of two coordinated strands of elongated gold tube beads and small round lapis lazuli beads, arranged to sit closely and comfortably along the neckline. Five hollow form botanical pendants, worked in high karat gold, form the focal points of the design. Their softly