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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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