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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]

Provenance

UK 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.

Literature

Cf. Hussein, M.M., Altaweel, M., Gibson, McGuire, Nimrud The Queen’s Tombs, Baghdad-Chicago, 2016, pl.163, for similar necklaces.

Footnotes

Similar 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.

CONDITION
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LOT 1345

Ancient Bead Necklace String

Sold for (Inc. bp): £20

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