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PROPERTY FROM THE LIGABUE FAMILY COLLECTION
A BACTRIAN CARNELIAN, BANDED AGATE, LAPIS LAZULI, AND GOLD NECKLACE
CIRCA LATE 3RD-EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
Details
A BACTRIAN CARNELIAN, BANDED AGATE, LAPIS LAZULI, AND GOLD NECKLACE
CIRCA LATE 3RD-EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
Composed of four elongated biconical carnelian beads and two rhomboidal beads, interspersed with lapis lazuli spacers and gold tubular gold beads, the central agate rhomboid with flaring gold caps
24 in. (61 cm.) long
CIRCA LATE 3RD-EARLY 2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
Composed of four elongated biconical carnelian beads and two rhomboidal beads, interspersed with lapis lazuli spacers and gold tubular gold beads, the central agate rhomboid with flaring gold caps
24 in. (61 cm.) long
Provenance
Acquired by the current owner's father, Venice, prior to 1985; thence by descent.
Literature
G. Ligabue, Bactria, Venice, 1985, fig. 71.
G. Ligabue and G. Rossi Osmida, Sulla Via delle Oasi, Trebaseleghe, 2007, p. 201.
G. Ligabue and G. Rossi Osmida, Sulla Via delle Oasi, Trebaseleghe, 2007, p. 201.
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