Elaborate diadems or necklaces featuring centerpieces of inlaid stones, pendants, and beaded chains
Elaborate diadems or necklaces featuring centerpieces of inlaid stones, pendants, and beaded chains go back to 3rd- and 2nd-century Greek jewelry. This necklace was found on the neck of the deceased; as the symbol of the soul, the butterfly was an appropriate motif for a burial gift. Gold, amethyst, chalcedony, emerald, rock crystal, pearl, and colored glass Greek, late 2nd-1st century BC. -- source link
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