AN EGYPTIAN MOSAIC GLASS BEAD NECKLACE

PTOLEMAIC-ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.

Details

AN EGYPTIAN MOSAIC GLASS BEAD NECKLACE
PTOLEMAIC-ROMAN PERIOD, CIRCA 1ST CENTURY B.C.-1ST CENTURY A.D.
Composed of 62 spherical and tubular glass beads, and three earlier eye beads
18 1/8 in. (46 cm.) long

Provenance

The Groppi Colelction, Switzerland; acquired in the 1920-1940s.

Exhibited

Antikensmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig und Museum August Kestner Hannover, Köstlichkeiten aus Kairo!, 2008, no. 4a.

Lot Essay

PUBLISHED:
Exhibition catalogue, Köstlichkeiten aus Kairo!, Antikensmuseum Basel und Sammlung Ludwig und Museum August Kestner Hannover, 2008, p. 61, no. 4a.

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