further inset with ancient and rare carved green jade

LISA SOTILIS (b. 1944) Greece

“Kalliope Muse” necklace 1970

Handwrought 18K-24K gold, further inset with ancient and rare carved green jade and cabochon jade jewels, natural pearls

Marks: LS monogram (impressed on a gold nugget form on the back of the necklace)

Exhibited: Parallel Dialogues from the jewelry of ancient Vergi to the modern jewelry of Lisa Sotilis, Archaeological Museum of Serres, 16 November 2013 – 16 January 2014, curated by Pierre Kaloussian Velissiotis & Giovanna Dalla Chiesa

Necklace illustrated: SOTILIS, Parallel Dialogues from the jewelry of ancient Vergi to the modern jewelry of Lisa Sotilis, exhibition catalogue, Archaeological Museum of Serres, 16 November 2013 – 16 January 2014, curated by Pierre Kaloussian Velissiotis & Giovanna Dalla Chiesa (Milano-Cannes-Athens: Musarte Edition 2013).

For more information and related Sotilis jewelry see: Giorgio de Chirico and Lisa Sotilis; The Thousand Eyes of the Sphinx, Floriano de Santi and Pierre Kaloussian Velissiotis (Athens: Pierre Kaloussian Velissiotis, 2010)

By repute this necklace was given as a present to Christina Onassis by her in-laws Dorette Karaiossifoglu-Andreadis and Stratis Andreadis.