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LOT 1345
Ancient Bead Necklace String
1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
16 1/2 in. (7.94 grams, 42 cm).
Restrung group of graduated oblate and other beads in stone, ceramic and shell. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceUK gallery, early 2000s.
This lot has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database, and is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
Cf. Hussein, M.M., Altaweel, M., Gibson, McGuire, Nimrud The Queen’s Tombs, Baghdad-Chicago, 2016, pl.163, for similar necklaces.
FootnotesSimilar beads were found in the excavations of the royal tombs of Nimrud. Thousands of beads were discovered in the sarcophagi (for example those of Nimrud’s Queens) probably originally composed as wide collars with multiple strands.
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