A BACTRIAN TURQUOISE, LAPIS LAZULI AND CHLORITE BEAD NECKLACE
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A BACTRIAN TURQUOISE, LAPIS LAZULI AND CHLORITE BEAD NECKLACE

CIRCA LATE 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.

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A BACTRIAN TURQUOISE, LAPIS LAZULI AND CHLORITE BEAD NECKLACE
CIRCA LATE 3RD MILLENNIUM B.C.
Strung with turquoise lozenge-shaped beads interspersed with turquoise spacers, graduated in size, centered by two chlorite compartmental rosette beads inlaid with turquoise, lapis lazuli and shell, a turquoise lozenge-shaped bead and spacers in between
Hanging 12½ in. (31.8 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. 67.
G. Ligabue and G. Rossi-Osmida, et al., Sulla Via delle Oasi, Tesori dell'Oriente Antico, Trebaseleghe, 2007, p. 198.

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