medallion: 2¹⁄₂ in. (6.4 cm.) diam.

Antiquities, Sotheby's, London, 26 November 1968, lot 58.
James (1914-1990) and Marilynn (1925-2019) Alsdorf, Chicago, acquired from the above.
The Property of a Lady; Antiquities, Christie's, New York, 14 June 1996, lot 55.
Paris art market, acquired from the above.
with Ariadne Galleries, New York.
Acquired by the current owner from the above, 2011.

K. Alexander and M. Greuel, Private Taste in Ancient Rome: Selections from Chicago Collections, Chicago, 1990, no. 41.
C. Dauphin, Animals in the Ancient World: The Levett Bestiary, Mougins, 2014, pp. 78, 106.
C. Dauphin, Les animaux dans le monde antique: Le bestiaire Levett, Mougins, 2016, pp. 73, 95, fig. 77.

The Art Institute of Chicago, Private Taste in Ancient Rome: Selections from Chicago Collections, 3 March - 16 September 1990.
Musée d'Art Classique de Mougins, 2011-2023 (Inv. no. MMoCA676).

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Lot Essay

The large central medallion features a repousse facing head of Medusa. Necklaces of this sort were common during the Roman period in Egypt. The type is frequently worn by women on funerary portraiture. For a similar necklace in The British Museum, see S. Walker and M. Bierbrier, Ancient Faces - Mummy Portraits from Roman Egypt, London, 1997, p. 172, no. 212,