A modern carved serpentine hardstone circular...

A modern carved serpentine hardstone circular disc pendant, the border with eighteen overlapping male head profiles and centred with a circular raised gold boss, mottled reverse, suspending two baroque pearl drops, 4.5cm wide, with a gold multi foxtail necklace with lion head terminals and fastener similar to a knot of Hercules, 35cm.

Provenance: from the collection of Adolphe Stoclet, 1871-1949.

Published: Georges A Salles and Daisy Lion-Goldschmidt, Adolphe Stoclet Collection (part I), Brussels, 1956, p.248 and p.250. Originally catalogued V Century BC.