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Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,895
1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
10 1/4 in. (8.16 grams, 26 cm long).
A section of a necklace of carnelian drop-shaped beads, each pierced in two planes and linked loop-in-loop with thin twisted gold wires, possibly later.
PROVENANCE:
The Gans collection, Hebling Dec, Berlin, 1929.
with Christie's, New York, 8 December 1999, lot 51.
Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Christie's catalogue pages.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate no.11608-198969.
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. Jaeger, R., Die Sammlung Eduard Gans, Berlin, 1928, no. 97.
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