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Recorded provenance

Description : Charming necklace (acq. 1906 Egypt, Dubois, exhibited museums: Met NY 1920, Boston 1945, MoM CA 1968) strung with approx. 80 tiny pearls with a circular rock/quartz crystal pendant encased in gold (3/4 x 1/2). There are also 8 sheet gold beads & green glass beads. Newer clasp on each end

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About the lot N° 66
Title : Ancient Pearls & Gold Necklace, Period : possibly Late Dynast
Size : 14 1/2 long 37 cm (approx.)
Provenance : Mr. & Mrs. Goddard Dubois. Acquired Egypt 1900-06.
Notes : Pearls have been prized during ancient times, the historian Suetonius wrote that the Roman general Vitellius financed an entire military campaign by selling just one of his mother's pearl earrings.
Condition report : Quartz crystal pendant could have been replaced or from a later date. Very good, no cracks or repairs all intact.

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