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THBRoman 23K+ Gold Chain Necklace w/ Domed Pendant
Lot 43b
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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An important one-day auction featuring museum-worthy examples of Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Near Eastern, Far East / Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Native American, Spanish Colonial, Russian, Fossils, Ancient Jewelry, Fine Art, so much more! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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Late Roman, Imperial Period, 3rd century CE. An elegant 23K+ Roman gold necklace (97% gold) comprised of substantial chain and a beautiful 20K+ gold domed pendant with a border that is comprised of a 'beaded" register. The women of the Roman Empire donned a wide assortment of jewelry. We know this to be true, because elite Roman women were laid to rest in sarcophagi painted with encaustic funerary portraits that depicted the deceased as youthful beauties dressed in refined clothing and bejeweled in elaborate necklaces and earrings. In addition, the sculpted stone portraits of the caravan city of Palmyra in Syria show the deceased donning jewelry, no doubt indicating their wealth and high social status for all eternity. Weight: 34.8 grams. Gold quality: 97%, equivalent to over 23 karat. Size: 14.875" L x 1" diameter pendant (37.8 cm x 2.5 cm)
While it is possible that this pendant was simply intended to be a decorative hemisphere and abstract in nature, it is also possible that it was intended to represent an architectural dome, an innovation made possible by the Roman's invention of concrete, or a celestial orb such as the sun or the moon. The Romans were excellent engineers and monumental domes created for edifices like the famous Pantheon began to eclipse traditional post and lintel architecture by the 1st century BCE in ancient Rome. As for the Romans' worship of celestial bodies such as the sun and the moon, much can be said. The Roman god Sol (Greek Helios) was believed to ride a golden chariot that carried the sun across the skies every day from East to West. In addition to appearing on beautiful painted vases riding his golden chariot in the background of imagery narrating the Hercules (Herakles) story, gracing the faces of coins of Rhodes - his patron city, as well as the east pediment of the Parthenon where he emerges from the ocean in his chariot, Helios is perhaps most famously the subject of the Colossus of Rhodes, a monumental bronze statue regarded as one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. Luna (Selene to the Greeks), goddess of the moon, also drove her steeds across the heavens.
For more information about Roman gold jewelry read: Oliver, Jr., Andrew. "Greek, Roman, and Etruscan Jewelry" The Metropolitan Museum of Art Bulletin, May 1966, pp. 269-284. Alexander, Christine. 1928. Jewelry: The Art of the Goldsmith in Classical Times as Illustrated in the Museum Collection. p. 11, fig. 12, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Provenance: ex-Frances Artuner collection, Belgium, collected in the 1960s
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#151667Indentations to the domed boss. Otherwise superb. Chain links are intact and excellent. All elements are ancient. Gold has developed a beautiful warm patina over time.Condition
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