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LOT 0901
Western Asiatic Stone and Shell Bead Necklace
CIRCA 1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
18 in. (18.9 grams, 46 cm long).
Restrung with two central feature beads; composed of graduated beads of various types of stone, glass and shell. [No Reserve]
Provenance
UK gallery, early 2000s.
Literature
Cf. Hussein, M.M., Altaweel, M., Gibson, McGuire, Nimrud The Queen’s Tombs, Baghdad-Chicago, 2016, p.180, pls.18,144 lett.b and c, for similar bead necklaces made of a mixture of stones, included faience.
Footnotes
Similar beads were found during the excavations of the royal tombs of Nimrud. Thousands of beads were discovered in the sarcophagi, including those of Nimrud’s Queens; they probably originally formed part of wide collars with multiple strands.
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