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Modern copy of an antique gold necklace from Tillya Tepe. 20th century. 116g. ø approx. 19cm. Partly made of gold-plated silver. Two cone-shaped elements with granulated decoration are strung on a wire, 8 round beads with bars, on which hang disc-shaped pendants with a domed turquoise, one of which is not a turquoise, both with rich granulated decoration, seven drum-shaped beads with bars, on which are disc pendants with granulated decoration, consisting of two crescent moons joined together. Drop-shaped almandine stones hang from these pendants, with round discs with granulated decoration attached to their settings. The disks are probably made of gold-plated silver. Published! Cf. the original: Afghanistan - les trésors retrouvés. Collection du Musée National de Kaboul. Exhibition catalog Musée Guimet, Paris (2006) p. 204 no. 129 (MK 04.40.140). Our piece has considerably more granulated decoration than the original. Published in: S. Winkelmann - K. Marquardt, Ancient Art from Afghanistan (2013) cat. no. Ck.1.2.263.DB. The original necklace dates to the 1st century AD and comes from Tomb V, a woman's tomb, from Tillya Tepe, Afghanistan. Tillya Tepe means the golden hill. It is a hill in northern Afghanistan where six tombs with more than 20,000 pieces of jewelry, garments and weapons, mostly made of gold and semi-precious stones, were found during excavations in 1978. The find is also known as Bactrian gold and is one of the most important archaeological finds of the 20th century. The treasure ended up in the National Museum of Kabul. During the war in Afghanistan, the finds from Tillya Tepe were considered lost. In 2004, under the supervision of V. Sarianidi, the excavator of Tillya Tepe, the items were recovered from the safe of the Central Bank in the presidential palace in Kabul. The most important finds have been on an exhibition tour in Europe, the USA and Canada since 2007. The finds from Tillya Tepe are of great art-historical significance, as they prove that after the fall of the Bactrian Empire there were still workshops working in the Hellenistic tradition. A drop-shaped garnet pendant is missing, a turquoise stone has been replaced, otherwise intact. Provenance: Ex collection Dr. Klaus Marquardt, North Rhine-Westphalia, 1980s to 2009.

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Modern copy of an antique gold necklace from Tillya Tepe. 20th century. 116g. ø approx. 19cm. Partly made of gold-plated silver. Two cone-shaped elements with granulated decoration are strung on a wire, 8 round beads with bars, on which hang disc-shaped pendants with a domed turquoise, one of which is not a turquoise, both with rich granulated decoration, seven drum-shaped beads with bars, on which are disc pendants with granulated decoration, consisting of two crescent moons joined together. Drop-shaped almandine stones hang from these pendants, with round discs with granulated decoration attached to their settings. The disks are probably made of gold-plated silver. Published! Cf. the original: Afghanistan - les trésors retrouvés. Collection du Musée National de Kaboul. Exhibition catalog Musée Guimet, Paris (2006) p. 204 no. 129 (MK 04.40.140). Our piece has considerably more granulated decoration than the original. Published in: S. Winkelmann - K. Marquardt, Ancient Art from Afghanistan (2013) cat. no. Ck.1.2.263.DB. The original necklace dates to the 1st century AD and comes from Tomb V, a woman's tomb, from Tillya Tepe, Afghanistan. Tillya Tepe means the golden hill. It is a hill in northern Afghanistan where six tombs with more than 20,000 pieces of jewelry, garments and weapons, mostly made of gold and semi-precious stones, were found during excavations in 1978. The find is also known as Bactrian gold and is one of the most important archaeological finds of the 20th century. The treasure ended up in the National Museum of Kabul. During the war in Afghanistan, the finds from Tillya Tepe were considered lost. In 2004, under the supervision of V. Sarianidi, the excavator of Tillya Tepe, the items were recovered from the safe of the Central Bank in the presidential palace in Kabul. The most important finds have been on an exhibition tour in Europe, the USA and Canada since 2007. The finds from Tillya Tepe are of great art-historical significance, as they prove that after the fall of the Bactrian Empire there were still workshops working in the Hellenistic tradition. A drop-shaped garnet pendant is missing, a turquoise stone has been replaced, otherwise intact. Provenance: Ex collection Dr. Klaus Marquardt, North Rhine-Westphalia, 1980s to 2009.

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