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LOT 1155

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).

CONDITION

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LOT 1155

Parthian Carnelian and Gold Bead Necklace

Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040

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