Elamite Silver and Carnelian Bead Necklace with Pendant. 2nd-early 1st millennium BC and later. A necklace composed of carnelian annular and facetted polygonal bicone beads and silver facetted beads, each of the two larger silver beads decorated with two crosses composed of recessed squares; large central pendant in the form of a ribbed bulb, chevrons to four ribs and a flared finial with ribbed suspension loops above; restrung, with later clasp.See Maxwell-Hyslop, K.R., Western Asiatic Jewellery, c.3000-612 BC, London, 1971, p.8-10, and pl.12, for bead types typical of this period, examples of which can be seen in the necklace offered here; see fig.127, for comparable flared terminal on a different type of jewellery item.96 grams, 47cm (18 1/2"). From a private family collection formed in London from the mid 1980s-early 1990s; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no. 10656-174199.