A large Persian Crescent Shaped Gold Pendant Necklace, Seljuk Period, ca. 11th - 12th century CE Medium - Glass The satyr is shown kneeling

The satyr is shown kneeling in profile and grasping a cornucopia

Campbelltown Bicentennial Art Gallery

Provenance:  an American private collection

A charming piece

A large Persian Crescent Shaped Gold Pendant Necklace, Seljuk Period, ca. 11th - 12th century CE Medium - Glass The satyr is shown kneelingOf crescent form, this spectacular heavyweight hollow gold pendant is decorated on one side with three large filigree round floral elements, four small floral elements, and a triangular design at the center. It is strung as a necklace composed of twenty eight fine ovoid gold ball beads, each bead decorated with multiple rows of intricate openwork circular decoration. Each gold bead is strung with an alternating smaller orange carnelian round bead.