Bidspirit auction | WESTERN ASIATIC LAPIS LAZULI NECKLACE

WESTERN ASIATIC LAPIS LAZULI NECKLACE WITH A CRESCENT PENDANT - Ca. 3000 - 2500 BC A Western Asiatic necklace with lapis lazuli seed-shaped beads embellished in the centre with a lunar crescent pendant. It is secured between two golden discoid beads decorated with parallel ridges on the main part of the body. Restrung. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum Number 121493. Size: 330/660mm x 25mm; Weight: 7.5g 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.