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CIRCA LATE 3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
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A WESTERN ASIATIC LAPIS LAZULI AND GOLD BEAD NECKLACE
CIRCA LATE 3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
Composed of biconical, spherical, disk-shaped, crescent-shaped and pendant lapis lazuli beads, interspersed with ribbed sheet gold cylindrical and pendant beads, strung in three strands, two centered by sheet gold disk pendants, circa 1000 B.C., each with the star of Astarte, one centered by a large lentoid lapis lazuli bead; with a modern hook-and-loop closure
18 in. (45.7 cm.) long
CIRCA LATE 3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C.
Composed of biconical, spherical, disk-shaped, crescent-shaped and pendant lapis lazuli beads, interspersed with ribbed sheet gold cylindrical and pendant beads, strung in three strands, two centered by sheet gold disk pendants, circa 1000 B.C., each with the star of Astarte, one centered by a large lentoid lapis lazuli bead; with a modern hook-and-loop closure
18 in. (45.7 cm.) long
Provenance
Estate of David Anavian, Los Angeles, brought to the U.S. in 1979.
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