Near Eastern Shell and Gold Beads with a Pomegranate Pendant

strung as a necklace with an 18-karat gold S-hook clasp

 

 

Late 3rd - early 2nd Millennia BC

 

 

 

ex: private American collection, 1970's

 

Liu, Robert ; A Universal Aesthetic. Collectable Beads (Vista, 1995) 

 

 

 

#5635