ANCIENT PYU CARNELIAN, STONE AND GOLD NECKLACE
Ca. 100-500 AD. A beautiful necklace composed of assorted carnelian, stone, and gold beads from the Pyu Dynasty. Restrung on a modern thread and suitable for contemporary wear. Pyu is the name given to an ancient Tibeto-Burman-speaking ethnic group that lived in the Irrawaddy basin, in what is now Burma in the first millennium AD. The Pyu are one of the first advanced civilizations in Southeast Asia. Size: L:260/515mm / W:mm ; 19.78g Provenance: Private UK collection; From an old British collection formed in the 1990s.

Estimate: GBP 450 - 900