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Parthian Carnelian and Gold Bead Necklace Parthian Carnelian and Gold Bead Necklace Parthian Carnelian and Gold Bead Necklace Parthian Carnelian and Gold Bead Necklace Parthian Carnelian and Gold Bead Necklace Parthian Carnelian and Gold Bead Necklace
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LOT 0291

Parthian Carnelian and Gold Bead Necklace

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

18 1/4 in. (44 grams, 46.5 cm long).

Comprising: sheet-gold drum-shaped and octagonal-section beads with spherical pendants, graduated interstitial spherical or oblate carnelian beads; restrung with modern clasp.

Provenance

Acquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.

Literature

Cf. Marshall, F.H., Catalogue of the Jewellery, Greek, Etruscan and Roman, in the Department of Antiquities, British Museum, London, 1911, pl.XXIV (1545).

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LOT 0291

Parthian Carnelian and Gold Bead Necklace

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

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