Chain terminating in a leaf motif, and having a raised openwork clasp ornament

Chain terminating in a leaf motif, and having a raised openwork clasp ornament

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Roman and Byzantine necklace centerpieces generally take a circular form. The convex openwork disk on this necklace is characteristic of a 2nd or 3rd century date.

Egyptian Art

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Chain terminating in a leaf motif, and having a raised openwork clasp ornamentChain terminating in a leaf motif, and having a raised openwork clasp ornamentChain terminating in a leaf motif, and having a raised openwork clasp ornamentChain terminating in a leaf motif, and having a raised openwork clasp ornamentChain terminating in a leaf motif, and having a raised openwork clasp ornament

The Met collection of ancient Egyptian art consists of approximately 30,000 objects of artistic, historical, and cultural importance, dating from about 300,000 BCE to the 4th century CE. A signifcant percentage of the collection is derived from the Museum's three decades of archaeological work in Egypt, initiated in 1906 in response to increasing interest in the culture of ancient Egypt.