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Monday, January 28, 2013

Ancient Bead Composite Necklace: c.3,000 BCE - 20th century CE, (AFGHANISTAN, THAILAND, BALTIC REGIONS, PERSIA/IRAN)




Item:

Composite Bead Necklace

Date:

Spanning from c.3,000 BCE to the Modern Period 19th century CE (spacer beads for display = 20th century)

Historical Period:

From Neolithic Asia to the Bronze Age, Medieval Islamic to the 19th century

Description 1:

Smallest Beads: Glass beads from the Ban Chiang Period, 1,500 to 800BCE, Thailand

Description 2:

Large Faceted Agate Beads: 19th century CE, Afghanistan

Description 3:

Large Blood Red Hue Islamic Glass Beads: 10th-12th century CE

Description 4:

Largest: Uncut Ancient Amber Beads: c.1,000 BCE – 450CE, Baltic Region of Europe.

Description 5:

Gold Spacer Beads: Afghanistan 20 the century

Location:

Afghanistan, Thailand, Persia (Now Iran), Baltic areas (Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and parts of Germany)

Size:

50cm long necklace, beads from 5mm to 50mm

Provenance:

Formerly the property of a private collector & purchased via an Antiquities Auction, Melbourne, Australia










 

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