A ROMAN MOSAIC GLASS BEAD NECKLACE
A ROMAN MOSAIC GLASS BEAD NECKLACE

EGYPT, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.

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A ROMAN MOSAIC GLASS BEAD NECKLACE
Egypt, Circa 1st Century B.C.-1st Century A.D.
Composed of ten faceted tubular and eleven globular beads, each primarily on a red ground, with a central floral band in blue, yellow and white, all interspersed with hollow gold spacer beads
17½ in. (44.4 cm.) long
Provenance
Haddad Family Collection, London, acquired in the 1970s.

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