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Western Asiatic Gold and Other Bead Necklace Western Asiatic Gold and Other Bead Necklace Western Asiatic Gold and Other Bead Necklace
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LOT 1177

Western Asiatic Gold and Other Bead Necklace

1ST MILLENNIUM B.C.

22 3/8 in. (78 grams, 57 cm).

Restrung designer necklace of three strands connected by a median vertical column; comprising mainly gold tubular beads with ribbing to the outer face, polyhedral carnelian beads, irregular green glass beads, square-section lapis lazuli beads and other types; the lower node a larger polyhedral lapis lazuli bead with a loop of barrel-shaped gold beads and other types.

Provenance

Acquired in the 1980s.
Private collection, Switzerland, thence by descent.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.

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LOT 1177

Western Asiatic Gold and Other Bead Necklace

Estimate £1,500 - 2,000€1,740 - 2,320 (for guidance only)$2,030 - 2,700 (for guidance only)

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