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LOT 1323

Western Asiatic Bead Necklace

CIRCA 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER

18 7/8 in. (19.4 grams, 48 cm long).

Restrung, composed of white circular beads of stone, shell, and glass, including biconical, irregular and other types. [No Reserve]

Provenance

UK gallery, early 2000s.

Literature

Cf. Hussein, M.M., Altaweel, M., Gibson, McGuire, Nimrud The Queen’s Tombs, Baghdad-Chicago, 2016, pl.163, for similar necklaces of stone.

Footnotes

Similar beads were found in the excavations of the royal tombs of Nimrud. Thousands of beads were discovered in the sarcophagi (for example those of Nimrud’s Queens) probably originally composed as wide collars with multiple strands.

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LOT 1323

Western Asiatic Bead Necklace

Sold for (Inc. bp): £26

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