Bactrian Pendant Ornament fashioned from a conch shell. Circa 3,500-4,000 BC, Turkmenistan, Central Asia

Provenance: Archaeological find originally from the BMAC (Bactria-Margiana Archaeological Complex). Purchased from a private collection.

Age: (c) 5,000 - 6,000 years old - but probably much older as it would have been traded and re-traded in from people living near the sea.

Size: 63mm

Condition: Excellent patination, drill holes are ancient and worn with their own patina of use.

Bactrian Painted Red Ware Pottery Vessel with twin Lugs, Chalcolithic Period, Mundigak III-IV, (c) 3000-2500 BC, AFGHANISTAN

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

Condition: Good condition with earth accretions.

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