Gold Necklace with Pearls and Stones of Emerald Plasma

Gold Necklace with Pearls and Stones of Emerald Plasma

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

This elegantly simple necklace alternates luminous white pearls with soft green gems worked from a type of quartz, one of several stones that were called emeralds in Byzantium.

Medieval Art and The Cloisters

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Gold Necklace with Pearls and Stones of Emerald PlasmaGold Necklace with Pearls and Stones of Emerald PlasmaGold Necklace with Pearls and Stones of Emerald PlasmaGold Necklace with Pearls and Stones of Emerald PlasmaGold Necklace with Pearls and Stones of Emerald Plasma

The Museum's collection of medieval and Byzantine art is among the most comprehensive in the world. Displayed in both The Met Fifth Avenue and in the Museum's branch in northern Manhattan, The Met Cloisters, the collection encompasses the art of the Mediterranean and Europe from the fall of Rome in the fourth century to the beginning of the Renaissance in the early sixteenth century. It also includes pre-medieval European works of art created during the Bronze Age and early Iron Age.