Bactrian Stone, Glass & Gold Necklace w/ Sassanian Seal

Ancient Central Asia, Bactrian, ca. 2500 to 2250 BCE; Ancient Near East, Sassanian (Sasanian/Sasanid) Empire, ca. 400 to 600 CE. A beautiful and wearable necklace composed of several tubular, rectangular, piriform, and cylindrical beads carved from creamy-white marble, carnelian in varying shades of vermilion and citrine, banded agate with streaks of fuchsia and salmon-pink, chalky-white stone, and intricately-worked glass. The central pendant is a hand-carved Sassanian stone seal with an incised image of an abstract geometric symbol. Interspersed between the central beads are fourteen ovoid spacer beads formed from hammered sheets of 80% gold (equivalent to 18K+ gold), and the terminals are capped with a modern brass French hook and loop combo. Size (necklace): 18" L (45.7 cm); size of largest bead (marble): 1" W (2.5 cm); quality of gold: 80% (equivalent to 18K+).

Provenance: private New York, New York, USA collection; ex-private W. Steinberg collection, New York, USA, 1980s to 1990s

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Condition Report: Strung in modern times and wearable as shown. Beads and gold spacers are ancient, and stringing and brass components are modern. Small chips and light abrasions to some beads, with minor indentations to some gold spacer beads, and stable fissures in some beads. Light earthen deposits throughout.