Bidspirit auction | WESTERN ASIATIC CARNELIAN NECKLACE

WESTERN ASIATIC CARNELIAN NECKLACE - Ca. 500 BC A Western Asiatic Bactrain necklace composed of carnelian beads in a round, polygonal and short cylindrical shape. Restrung. For similar see: Christie's Ancient jewellery (7 December 2011), Lot. 323. Size: 220/440mm x 4mm; Weight: 16.5g 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.