A SUMERIAN LAPIS LAZULI BEAD NECKLACE
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A SUMERIAN LAPIS LAZULI BEAD NECKLACE

CIRCA 2600 B.C. AND LATER

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A SUMERIAN LAPIS LAZULI BEAD NECKLACE
CIRCA 2600 B.C. AND LATER
The beads of mainly biconical form, with central melon-shaped gold bead, 21 in. (53.4 cm.) long; a necklace composed of alternate rock crystal beads and hollow gold beads, with modern clasp, probably South American, circa 1st millennium B.C./A.D., 28 in. (71 cm.) long; a necklace composed of nineteen large green glass collared beads alternated with smaller gold 'sandwich' glass collared and conjoined spherical beads, with granulated gold disc beads, Roman period and later, 27 in. (68.6 cm.) long; another composed of blue, green and turquoise glazed composition spherical beads, graduated in size, with clasp, 17 in. (43 cm.) long; and a necklace composed of miniature turquoise disc-shaped beads interspersed with silver barrel-shaped beads, with clasp, 62 in. (158 cm.) long (5)
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