Ancient Central Asia, Bactrian, ca. 2500 to 2250 BCE. A lovely and wearable collection of over 50 ancient stone beads, each hand cut, polished, and drilled from agate stones and strung on a modern wire with a lobster clasp. The agate is banded and striated in many earthen tone hues of umber and sienna brown, beige, creamy white, tan, charcoal, coral, black, and gray and present varying shapes of bicone, ellipsoid, oblate, spherical, cylinder, convex rectangular, and barrel, with a drop shaped bead at the center. The strand is balanced with the larger beads arranged at evenly spaced intervals between the more petite stones. Size (necklace): 25.25" L (64.1 cm); (largest bead): 1.3" L x 0.35" W (3.3 cm x 0.9 cm)

Provenance: ex-Momeni's Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, acquired prior to 1995

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#170018

Wearable as shown and strung in modern times. Ancient beads strung on a modern strand. Minor loss to larger beads and abrasions to a few others, otherwise excellent. Mineral deposits on a few surfaces.