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PROPERTY FROM THE LIGABUE FAMILY COLLECTION
A BACTRIAN LAPIS LAZULI, CARNELIAN AND CHLORITE BEAD NECKLACE
CIRCA LATE 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
Details
A BACTRIAN LAPIS LAZULI, CARNELIAN AND CHLORITE BEAD NECKLACE
CIRCA LATE 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
Strung with lapis lazuli beads of various forms interspersed with lapis lazuli spacers, graduated in size, centered by two chlorite compartmental rosette beads, inlaid with lapis lazuli and carnelian, a large lapis lazuli ovoid bead in between with a gold overlaid copper projection on each end
Hanging: 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm.) long
CIRCA LATE 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
Strung with lapis lazuli beads of various forms interspersed with lapis lazuli spacers, graduated in size, centered by two chlorite compartmental rosette beads, inlaid with lapis lazuli and carnelian, a large lapis lazuli ovoid bead in between with a gold overlaid copper projection on each end
Hanging: 8 5/8 in. (21.9 cm.) long
Provenance
with Nefer Galerie, Zurich, late 1970s-early 1980s.
Literature
G. Ligabue and S. Salvatori, eds., Bactria, an Ancient Oasis Civilization from the Sands of Afghanistan, Venice, 1985, fig. 66.
G. Ligabue and G. Rossi-Osmida, et al., Sulla Via delle Oasi, Tesori dell'Oriente Antico, Trebaseleghe, 2007, p. 198.
G. Ligabue and G. Rossi-Osmida, et al., Sulla Via delle Oasi, Tesori dell'Oriente Antico, Trebaseleghe, 2007, p. 198.
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