CIRCA 2ND-1ST MILLENNIUM B.C. AND LATER
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A COLLECTION OF ANCIENT JEWELRY
circa 2nd-1st millennium b.c. and later
Including an Egyptian gold fly amulet, New Kingdom, circa 1470-1350 B.C.; an Egyptian silver amulet of a seated goddess, Third Intermediate Period, 1070-712 B.C.; a gold crescent pendant, a suspension loop in back, probably Egyptian; a Roman sheet gold pendant embossed with a figure with outstretched arms, circa 2nd century A.D.; an Iranian gold, glass and garnet necklace, circa early 1st millennium B.C. and later, including five large sheet gold disks embossed with geometric ornament, interspersed with two oval and two rectangular gold elements set with garnets, and blue and green glass beads; an Iranian gold, glass and stone necklace, circa 1st millennium B.C. and later, including sheet gold disks and crescentic elements, two sheet gold animal-head pendants, thirteen triangular glass pendants imitating banded agate, twenty-six carnelian beads, and a large banded agate barrel bead
6 in. (1.1 cm.) long for the first (6)
circa 2nd-1st millennium b.c. and later
Including an Egyptian gold fly amulet, New Kingdom, circa 1470-1350 B.C.; an Egyptian silver amulet of a seated goddess, Third Intermediate Period, 1070-712 B.C.; a gold crescent pendant, a suspension loop in back, probably Egyptian; a Roman sheet gold pendant embossed with a figure with outstretched arms, circa 2nd century A.D.; an Iranian gold, glass and garnet necklace, circa early 1st millennium B.C. and later, including five large sheet gold disks embossed with geometric ornament, interspersed with two oval and two rectangular gold elements set with garnets, and blue and green glass beads; an Iranian gold, glass and stone necklace, circa 1st millennium B.C. and later, including sheet gold disks and crescentic elements, two sheet gold animal-head pendants, thirteen triangular glass pendants imitating banded agate, twenty-six carnelian beads, and a large banded agate barrel bead
6 in. (1.1 cm.) long for the first (6)
Provenance
Sotheby & Co., London, 25 January 1965, lot 115b for the first four items.
Christie's, London, 3 May 1966, lot 90 for two necklaces.
Christie's, London, 3 May 1966, lot 90 for two necklaces.
Sale room notice
This lot is being sold not subject to a reserve.