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LOT 0514

Early Parthian Carnelian Bead with Gold End Caps

1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.

2 3/8 in. (17.44 grams, 60 mm).

Columnar bead with sheet-gold cap to each end, each with beaded circlets and applied granule clusters, domed end with loop; possibly assembled.

Provenance

Acquired in the mid 1980s-1990s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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.

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LOT 0514

Early Parthian Carnelian Bead with Gold End Caps

Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)

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