Western Asiatic Stone and Other Bead Necklace
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Circa 1st millennium B.C. and later. Restrung, composed of white circular beads of stone, shell, and glass, including biconical, irregular and other types. Cf. Hussein, M.M., Altaweel, M., Gibson, McGuire, Nimrud The Queen’s Tombs, Baghdad-Chicago, 2016, pl.163, for similar necklaces of stone. 19.4 grams, 48 cm long (18 7/8 in.).
UK gallery, early 2000s.
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. [No Reserve]
UK gallery, early 2000s.
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. [No Reserve]
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Western Asiatic Stone and Other Bead Necklace
Estimate £50 - £70
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