2nd millennium B.C. A restrung necklace composed of carnelian, lapis lazuli and sheet-gold beads of spool, tubular and carinated type, five sheet-gold pendants, four set with haematite producing mirrored surfaces and one with carnelian; modern clasp. Cf. Aruz, J., Art Of The First Cities The Third Millennium B.C. from the Mediterranean to the Indus, New York, 2003, p. 112, for comparable beads. 41 grams, 52 cm (20 1/2 in."). Acquired before 1983. Ex London gallery, 1990s. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate no.11141-186709.

Fine condition.