A Western Asiatic Agate and Gold Bead Necklace, ca. 78 - 20 BCE Price - $1000 - $5000 with carefully articulated features and

with carefully articulated features and an unusually well-preserved glaze

Provenance: David Anavian Collection

Many heart scarabs bear part or all of what is known as Chapter 30B from the Book of the Dead

and the vessel stands evenly

Although the inscriptions do not identify the scene

A Western Asiatic Agate and Gold Bead Necklace, ca. 78 - 20 BCE Price - $1000 - $5000 with carefully articulated features andThis superb necklace is comprised of seven banded barrel shaped agate beads along with two carnelian barrel beads graduating in size, and interspersed with high karat gold biconical and small carnelian spacer beads. A truly exquisite necklace that showcases the mastery of ancient workmanship. The process of extraction, transportation, and craftsmanship of these gorgeous hard stones required hours of labor, and such jewelry was therefore reserved for