Lot 0760

WESTERN ASIATIC AMETHYST NECKLACE

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Description

Ca. 2000 - 1000 BC.
A Western Asiatic amethyst necklace with drop-shaped beads that alternate with gold discs. For similar see: Christie's, Live Auction 9538, Ancient jewellery and seals, Lot. 3.
Size: 210mm x 25mm; Weight: 44g
Provenance: Property of a London gallery; previously in a collection of a North London gentleman; formerly in a collection of Mrs B. Ellison, a deceased former member of the Egyptian Exploration Fund, bought from the 1940s, Cairo and London.