Egypt(Historical)

 

Miniature Broad Collar

The broad collar is semi-circular and it belongs to the “broad collar” family.  According to Chi Yan Joanne Pang, the entire collar is plated or made out of gold, with a total of six bands of stones and decorations, leading up to a lotus flower that leads to the hooks of the collar’s necklace. 

Starting from the outermost band, there is a series of droplet beads on the necklace, with their outlines forged in gold or soldered sheets. The insides of the droplets are filled with turquoise, while lapis lazuli was used to fill in the triangular gaps between each teardrop.

The next band consists of a series of lotus flowers, also lined in gold, bearing a design similar to the lotus flower at the end of the bands. Each flower has five petals, with the outer ones filled with lapis lazuli and the inner petals with turquoise. They alternate with golden lotus buds. The spaces between all the lotuses are filled with carnelian.

The third band is composed of gold-lined turquoise rosettes, each with a golden center. Lapis lazuli was used to fill in the gaps between the rosettes. The fourth row is made up of gold-lined papyri filled with turquoise and lapis lazuli. There is no definitive pattern as to where these two are placed within the papyrus. They also alternate with small golden buds, and the gaps are filled with carnelian. The fifth row is composed of turquoise triangles lined with gold. Between the gaps of the large triangles are two smaller lapis lazuli triangles fitted in the center, forming a rhombus, separated by a band of turquoise. The gaps at the base are filled with turquoise. The sixth and final row is composed of gold-lined, turquoise lilies with a gold base, alternating with a golden lily bud. The gaps are filled with alternating lapis lazuli and carnelians. However in the ancient Egypt, the collar depiction was for Egyptian pharaohs.