Lot 117
117
A GROUP OF FOUR EARLY GLASS BEADS

Details
A GROUP OF FOUR EARLY GLASS BEADS
ZHOU DYNASTY

The three smallest of globular form inlaid with concentric roundels and/or flowers, the largest of faceted tubular form with conical protrusions and three flowerheads in high relief, all in white, blue and ochre on a dark blue ground--5/8 to 1in. (1.6 to 2.5cm.) high, fitted box (4)
Provenance
Desmond Gure Collection, no. 20

Lot Essay

A group of similar beads is illustrated in Zhongguo meishu quanji: Gongyi meishu, vol. 10, Beijing, 1987, p. 107, pl. 202-204. Compare, also, a bead similar to the smallest of the four being offered in the middle of the top row of a group of beads of 4th/3rd Century B.C. date from the British Museum illustrated by S. Jenyns, Chinese Art III, New York, 1981, no. 60