AN ANCIENT BACTRIAN TURQUOISE BEAD NECKLACE
Ancient region of Bactria, presumably c. 2000 years old. Composed of cylindrical shaped turquoise beads separated by either two or three disc-shaped beads, strung in 20 strands, the ends braided and tied together by a fabric string of later date.

Provenance: The collection of The Zelnik Istvan Southeast Asian Gold Museum. Institutional art collection in Belgium, acquired from the above. Dr. Istvan Zelnik, President of the Hungarian South and Southeast Asian Research Institute, is a former high-ranking Hungarian diplomat who spent several decades in Southeast Asia, building the largest known private collection of Asian art in Europe.
Condition: Good condition, with usual traces of age and wear.

Weight: 144 g
Dimensions: Length 67 cm