Ancient Near East / Central Asia, Northwestern Iran and Azerbaijan region, Bronze to Iron Age, ca. 2000 to 800 BCE. A collection of 82 pottery and faience beads strung in modern times on a cotton thread. The beads are a variety of forms: spherical, tubular, spindle whorls, ribbed, and slightly conical with incised linear and stippling marks that resemble flowers. The large discoidal spindle whorls were for spinning fibers into thread but were sometimes worn as beads and jewelry. The turquoise color from faience was highly valued throughout the ancient world, and some of the earliest faience objects were made in Egypt; the pottery and glazing techniques traveling via trade networks to Mesopotamia and northeast to the Irano-Anatolian region. Size of strand doubled: 44" L (111.8 cm); spindle whorl: 1.4" Diameter (3.6 cm)

Provenance: private Greenwood Village, Colorado, USA collection, via inheritance; Leota Furlong Agett Persian Pottery collection, acquired in Tehran, Iran in the early 1960s

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Most beads are unglazed with light flaking to the surface when handled. Chips and losses as shown and light mineral deposits. Not recommended for wearing. Strung in modern times on a cotton thread.