Provenance:Purchased in antiquities saleroom via private collection.
Age: (c) 4,500 to 5,000 years old.
Size: approx: 11.5cm
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 |