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CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C./A.D. EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN
Details
A MOSAIC GLASS BEAD NECKLACE
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C./A.D. EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN
Comprising a long hexagonal 'ribbon' glass bead with gilding, similar spherical and oval beads, and dark blue and black spherical beads with horizontal white glass threads, 17¼ in. (43.5 cm.) long; another cornelian and glass bead necklace, with Roman gilded glass and corrugated glass beads, 18 in. (46 cm.) long; and another predominantly cornelian bead necklace with rock crystal, chalcedony and other dark stone beads, of various periods, 22½ in. (57 cm.) long, all restrung (3)
CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C./A.D. EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN
Comprising a long hexagonal 'ribbon' glass bead with gilding, similar spherical and oval beads, and dark blue and black spherical beads with horizontal white glass threads, 17¼ in. (43.5 cm.) long; another cornelian and glass bead necklace, with Roman gilded glass and corrugated glass beads, 18 in. (46 cm.) long; and another predominantly cornelian bead necklace with rock crystal, chalcedony and other dark stone beads, of various periods, 22½ in. (57 cm.) long, all restrung (3)
Provenance
Acquired in the 1950s.
Special notice
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