236 SILICATES
Pendant | This 19th-century Spanish pendant is in the form
of a hippocamp with a female figure. The body is set with
cabochon emeralds and hangs from a chain with four pearls.
The cartouche is set with an emerald and a suspended pearl.
Emerald set in cartouche
Gold link set
with pearl
Ancient Egyptian
civilizations
regarded emeralds
as a symbol of
life and fertility
Large cabochon
emeralds
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