Near Eastern banded Agate and Cornelian Beads

strung as a necklace with an 18-karat gold S-hook clasp

 

 

Late 3rd - Early 2nd Millennia BC

 

Necklace Length: 57.7 cm.       (22 3/4 in.)

 

ex: private American collection, early 1970's

 

Liu, Robert ; A Universal Aesthetic. Collectable Beads (Vista, 1995) 

 

 

 

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