Necklace (700s): Art, History and Details

Necklace (700s) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection.

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

An enormous amount of beaded strings and necklaces were excavated from Silla tomb sites. Glass, largely produced in ancient Rome since the late first century CE, also reached the Korean peninsula through the Silk Road, the ancient global trade route. Yet soda glass started to be produced in the Silla territory as early as the second century CE. Comprising glass beads, comma-shaped jades, and silver bands, this is an excellent example of a necklace.

Object facts

• Title: Necklace
• Date: 700s
• Culture: Korea, Unified Silla period (676-935)
• Type: Jewelry
• Technique: jade, amethyst, gold, rock crystal
• Collection: Korean Art
• Department: Korean Art
• Accession number: 1945.380

Collection credit

Edward L. Whittemore Fund

Further reading listed by the museum

• Park, Jun-young. “Characteristic and Development Ancient Glass Beads in Korea [韓國 古代 琉璃구슬의 特徵과 展開樣相].” Jungang gogo yeogu 19 (2016): 71–109.

View the collection record

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