A MEDITERRANEAN GLASS EYE BEAD NECKLACE
A MEDITERRANEAN GLASS EYE BEAD NECKLACE

PHOENICIAN OR CARTHAGINIAN, CIRCA 6TH-2ND CENTURY B.C.

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A MEDITERRANEAN GLASS EYE BEAD NECKLACE
PHOENICIAN OR CARTHAGINIAN, CIRCA 6TH-2ND CENTURY B.C.
Composed of twenty-seven globular beads, light-green and turquoise in color, with compound eyes in blue on white, interspersed with small blue, amber and green globular glass beads, and ten modern gold beads; strung with a modern S-hook closure
16 5/8 in. (42.2 cm.) long
Provenance
Camelia Fares, London, 1983.

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