This jewelry is inspired by a long necklace of colorful stones and gold beads from the Achaemenid Persian period. The necklace, belonging to a high ranking person, was found in a sarcophagus in Susa, one of the capitals of the Empire. The craftsmen of this period often combined dozens of different stones punctuated by granulated gold beads to produce contrasts in colors, materials, transparency and opacity to create sumptuous and polychromatic jewelry.

Agate, Gold-plated pewterLength 22"