This necklace is inspired by a necklace discovered in a tomb in Susa. Its incredible variety of beads illustrates the taste for polychromy so characteristic of oriental jewellery, which reached its artistice peak during the Persian period.
Craftsmen combined dozens of different stones with consummate ...
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This necklace is inspired by a necklace discovered in a tomb in Susa. Its incredible variety of beads illustrates the taste for polychromy so characteristic of oriental jewellery, which reached its artistice peak during the Persian period.
Craftsmen combined dozens of different stones with consummate artistry, producing contrasts in colours, materials, transparency and opacity to create a sumptuous polychrome symphony, punctuated by gold beads formed of rows of fine granules, a characteristic of the Achaemenid period.
This necklace was discovered in Susa, one of the capitals of the Empire, in the tomb of a high-ranking personality who was laid to rest in his sarcophagus wearing all his jewellery, with a silver cup, two alabaster vases and two coins at his side, which made it possible to date the sarcophagus to the end of the Persian Empire.
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