Greek Gold and Carnelian Necklace
1st century B.C.-1st century A.D. A section of a necklace of carnelian drop-shaped beads, each pierced in two planes and linked loop-in-loop with thin twisted gold wires, possibly later. Cf. Jaeger, R., Die Sammlung Eduard Gans, Berlin, 1928, no. 97. 8.16 grams, 26 cm long (10 1/4 in.). The Gans collection, Hebling Dec, Berlin, 1929.with Christie's, New York, 8 December 1999, lot 51.Accompanied by a copy of the relevant Christie's catalogue pages. [For this specific lot, 5% import VAT is applicable on the hammer price]