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PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION
NINE WESTERN ASIATIC CARNELIAN AND GOLD ZOOMORPHIC BEADS
CIRCA 1200-800 B.C.
Details
NINE WESTERN ASIATIC CARNELIAN AND GOLD ZOOMORPHIC BEADS
CIRCA 1200-800 B.C.
Graduated in size, five of carnelian, including three quadrupeds, a reclining lion and a bird, and four of gold, including a bird with lapis lazuli inlaid eyes, a double lion, a double quadruped and a double bird, each perforated, strung together in two strands with small lapis lazuli, turquoise and carnelian bead
10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm.) long
CIRCA 1200-800 B.C.
Graduated in size, five of carnelian, including three quadrupeds, a reclining lion and a bird, and four of gold, including a bird with lapis lazuli inlaid eyes, a double lion, a double quadruped and a double bird, each perforated, strung together in two strands with small lapis lazuli, turquoise and carnelian bead
10 1/8 in. (25.7 cm.) long
Provenance
Gold & Silver Auction Part II, Ancient to Renaissance, Taisei Gallery, New York, 2 November 1992, lot 43.
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