Bidspirit auction | SUMERIAN LAPIS LAZULI NECKLACE

SUMERIAN LAPIS LAZULI NECKLACE - Ca. 2200 - 1800 BC A Sumerian lapis lazuli necklace with five strands. The necklace has seed-shaped beads and rounded blue beads. In the centre there is tubular faience beads and carnelian beads. Restrung. For similar see: Christie's Ancient Jewellery (11 December 2014), Lot. 205. Size: 240/480mm x 15mm; Weight: 31g Provenance: Property of a London gallery; previously in a collection of a North London gentleman; formerly in a collection of Mrs B. Ellison, a deceased former member of the Egyptian Exploration Fund, bought from the 1940s, Cairo and London.