拍品專文
For a similar necklace, cf. B. Musche, Vorderasiatischer Schmuck von den Anfängen bis zur Zeit der Achaemeniden, Leiden, 1992, pl. 14-19, from Uruk/Jemdet Nasr.
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CIRCA 2900-2800 B.C.
細節
A WESTERN ASIATIC GOLD, ROCK CRYSTAL AND STONE BEAD NECKLACE
CIRCA 2900-2800 B.C.
Composed of numerous flat gold ringlets interspersed with eight spherical rock crystal beads and 16 black steatite cylindrical beads, a domed gold disc threaded at the end, the edge decorated with two bands of minute raised bosses, the central pendant formed of a heliotrope, onyx and haematite biconical beads, spherical rock crystal beads at either end, held together with two flat gold bars, each pierced three times for insertion of long gold pins, attached to gold coils at the top and with snake head terminals at the lower ends, restrung
19 in. (48.2 cm.) long
CIRCA 2900-2800 B.C.
Composed of numerous flat gold ringlets interspersed with eight spherical rock crystal beads and 16 black steatite cylindrical beads, a domed gold disc threaded at the end, the edge decorated with two bands of minute raised bosses, the central pendant formed of a heliotrope, onyx and haematite biconical beads, spherical rock crystal beads at either end, held together with two flat gold bars, each pierced three times for insertion of long gold pins, attached to gold coils at the top and with snake head terminals at the lower ends, restrung
19 in. (48.2 cm.) long
來源
Anonymous sale; Gold and Silver Auction, Taisei Gallery, New York, 5 November 1992, lot 14.