Tibetan necklace - Phenolic-resin amber, turquoise, silver, coral.

An attractive Tibetan necklace comprising phenolic-resin ‘amber’ beads. Each bead is wrapped with a low content coin-silver band set with coral and turquoise beads - some of which are missing. These large beads, 10 in number, have turquoise and silver spacer beads. There is a silver (stamped 925) hook catch and the necklace is securely strung on wire.

The necklace has been carefully cleaned and retains patina.

Provenance: Ex. Romy Rey Collection.
Romy Rey (1938-2020) was born in Zurich, Switzerland. She trained as an artist in Paris and Geneva before settling in London in the early 1960s where she was a partner in two bookshops in Hampstead and Richmond. She shared her life with the artist, Brian Davies (1942-2014). The whole of her five-storey house in Richmond bustled with her “impeccably curated” collection of ethnographic art. Purchased at one of the disposal auctions

Dimensions:
Bead dimensions: 35mm long x 30mm wide x 32mm deep.
Strand length: 58cm
Weight: 290gms

Condition: Lovely cleaned appearance. Could be worn. Tibetan necklace with provenance. W1075/4