HELLENISTIC GOLD NECKLACE WITH ROSETTE PENDANT. Ca. 400 - 200 BC. A gold necklace composed of two sections: the upper half strung entirely with biconical beads, the lower half alternating biconical with short barrel beads. Near the pendant sit four larger ribbed melon beads flanking a pendant formed as a circular domed disc with a central ten-petalled rosette set within a round bezel. A fine beaded border runs around the face, and a ribbed suspension loop rises above the pendant. For similar see: E. M. De Juliis, Gli Ori di Taranto in Età Ellenistica, Milano, 1984, Cat. 137, 143. Size: 315mm x 35mm; Weight: 50g Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old Oxford collection formed in the 1990s; This piece is accompanied by a historical report from Alessandro Neri, an international Cultural Heritage expert based in Florence, Italy. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.