Near Eastern agate and gold necklace
Bactrian, 3rd-2nd Millennium BC
Length: 60 cm
A large lentoid grey agate bead, finely striated with natural marking and capped at both ends with gold foil a selection of narrow tubular, disc shaped and biconical beads, all highly decoratively marked.
Literature: For two necklaces of beads of similar type and quality but without the gold capping see Lois Sherr Dubin, 'The History of Beads, from 30,000 BC to the Present' (New York, 1987), p.44.
Provenance: UK collection, acquired 1989
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Bactrian, 3rd-2nd Millennium BC
Length: 60 cm
A large lentoid grey agate bead, finely striated with natural marking and capped at both ends with gold foil a selection of narrow tubular, disc shaped and biconical beads, all highly decoratively marked.
Literature: For two necklaces of beads of similar type and quality but without the gold capping see Lois Sherr Dubin, 'The History of Beads, from 30,000 BC to the Present' (New York, 1987), p.44.
Provenance: UK collection, acquired 1989
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Bactrian, 3rd-2nd Millennium BC
Length: 60 cm
A large lentoid grey agate bead, finely striated with natural marking and capped at both ends with gold foil a selection of narrow tubular, disc shaped and biconical beads, all highly decoratively marked.
Literature: For two necklaces of beads of similar type and quality but without the gold capping see Lois Sherr Dubin, 'The History of Beads, from 30,000 BC to the Present' (New York, 1987), p.44.
Provenance: UK collection, acquired 1989