NECKLACE Mesopotamia, 3rd-2nd millennium BC Grey... Lot 13

NECKLACE Mesopotamia, 3rd-2nd millennium BC Grey and white striated agate, carnelian and gold L_ 76,0 cm (without clasp). Provenance Former English collection of Mr. D. A MESOPOTAMIAN NECKLACE WITH 11 SUMERIAN AGATE BEADS, EACH SEPARATED WITH CARNELIAN BEADS AND OVOIDE GOLD SHEETS, 3RD-2ND MILLENNIUM B.C. 30 in. Length. Composed of 11 agate beads interspersed with carnelian beads and 8 sheet gold disks. Necklace composed of 18 oblong flattened obsidian beads, and a central toothed obsidian element. Exceptional quality of the stone. Necklace made up of 11 discoidal and lentoid agate beads, separated by by spherical carnelian beads and gold plates of ovoid forms. ovoid forms.