Necklace
Byzantine
probably 5th century
Medium
Gold, glass, and silvered glass beads (modern setting)
Dimensions
60 × 0.5 cm (23 5/8 × 3/16 in.); Diam.: 0.5 cm (3/16 in.)
Classification
necklace
Department
Arts of Greece, Rome, and Byzantium
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
65681
About the Artist
Byzantine
"Byzantine" is the collective attribution given to anonymous artists working within the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire, whose creations spanned from the 4th to the 15th centuries, primarily in Constantinople and its cultural sphere. These masters produced a vast body of art that defined an era, with museums like the Walters Art Museum and the Art Institute of Chicago cataloging numerous works un...