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PROPERTY FROM A GERMAN PRIVATE COLLECTION
A ROMAN GOLD AND AMETHYST BEAD NECKLACE
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
Details
A ROMAN GOLD AND AMETHYST BEAD NECKLACE
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
Composed of biconical amethyst beads, graduated in size, the upper section interspersed with spherical glass beads, the lower with alternating spherical and barrel-shaped gold beads; strung with modern clasp
28 in. (71 cm.) long
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
Composed of biconical amethyst beads, graduated in size, the upper section interspersed with spherical glass beads, the lower with alternating spherical and barrel-shaped gold beads; strung with modern clasp
28 in. (71 cm.) long
Provenance
August Neuerburg (d. 1944), tobacco mogul and art collector, Hamburg, 1939; thence by descent.