Romano-Egyptian, 30 BC-395 AD
Length: 39 cm
Forty-one short, truncated, biconical beads are interspersed with twenty-six globular and elliptical green beryl beads. Restrung, with a modern clasp.
Provenance: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Diniacopoulos, Canada, probably acquired between 1910 and 1932; Sotheby's New York NY lot 302 7/12/2000; With Rupert Wace Ancient Art, acquired in the above sale
The late Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Diniacopoulos were archaeologists and art dealers in the Middle East, Europe and Canada. Their greatest acquisition periods were from 1910 to 1932. In 1951 they left Egypt and settled in Montreal bringing with them the largest private collection of antiquities known in Canada. Shortly prior to Vincent's death in 1967, he negotiated the sale of 74 Greek and Roman objects to the Quebec government. Placed with the Musee National des Beaux-Arts du Quebec these pieces are now on extended loan to the Montreal Museum of Arts. Sadly the couple’s only son, Denis, predeceased his mother and his death in 1997 made Olga realise that she had to do something about the collection. In 1998, Sotheby’s held the first, very successful sale and over the following few years the collection was catalogued and dispersed.
Romano-Egyptian, 30 BC-395 AD
Length: 39 cm
Forty-one short, truncated, biconical beads are interspersed with twenty-six globular and elliptical green beryl beads. Restrung, with a modern clasp.
Provenance: Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Diniacopoulos, Canada, probably acquired between 1910 and 1932; Sotheby's New York NY lot 302 7/12/2000; With Rupert Wace Ancient Art, acquired in the above sale
The late Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Diniacopoulos were archaeologists and art dealers in the Middle East, Europe and Canada. Their greatest acquisition periods were from 1910 to 1932. In 1951 they left Egypt and settled in Montreal bringing with them the largest private collection of antiquities known in Canada. Shortly prior to Vincent's death in 1967, he negotiated the sale of 74 Greek and Roman objects to the Quebec government. Placed with the Musee National des Beaux-Arts du Quebec these pieces are now on extended loan to the Montreal Museum of Arts. Sadly the couple’s only son, Denis, predeceased his mother and his death in 1997 made Olga realise that she had to do something about the collection. In 1998, Sotheby’s held the first, very successful sale and over the following few years the collection was catalogued and dispersed.
