**Originally Listed At $400**

Ancient Near East, Sumer, ca. 3rd to 2nd millennium BCE. An elaborate and attractive necklace formed from dozens of pale-blue and chalky-white faience beads, smooth carnelian beads of a warm vermilion hue, and lightly carinated alabaster spheres. A pair of discoid faience beads flank either projecting corner of the central pendant which is carved from gorgeous banded agate of a pale, nearly-colorless hue. Strung in modern times and capped with a loop and lobster clasp combo, this is an elegant and wearable example of fine Sumerian artistry! Size (necklace): 24.25" L (61.6 cm); size of largest bead (central pendant): 1.5" L x 0.5" W (3.8 cm x 1.3 cm).

Provenance: ex-private Shenas collection, New York, New York, USA

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Strung in modern times and wearable as shown. Faience, carnelian, agate, and alabaster beads are ancient, and stringing and loop/clasp are modern. Minor nicks, abrasions, and stable hairline fissures to some beads, and light encrustations within some recessed areas. Light earthen deposits throughout.