Lot 18
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AN EARLY ISLAMIC LARGE MARVERED GLASS BEAD
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AN EARLY ISLAMIC LARGE MARVERED GLASS BEAD

SYRIA OR EGYPT, 9TH CENTURY

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AN EARLY ISLAMIC LARGE MARVERED GLASS BEAD
SYRIA OR EGYPT, 9TH CENTURY
Of spherical form, the body composed of swagged bands of cobalt-blue, yellow, light red and white glass, the white glass very pitted, drilled through centre
1½in. (3.7cm.) high
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Lot Essay

Large spherical glass beads with mosaic glass decoration and also trailed decoration were found in Fustat, suggesting a 9th century date (George T. Scanlon and Ralph Pinder-Wilson, Fustat Glass of the Early Islamic Period, London, 2001, nos.47c, f and g, pp.118-122 and col.pl.iv).

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