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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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