1420FN4 Egyptian faience & carnelian necklace
1 century BC to 1 century AD
Egypt
Necklace restrung with 23 faience melon beads and 24 globular carnelian beads. Carnelian beads are drilled from both ends with opposed conical openings. All beads are from the same period and culture.
Good condition, all beads are intact with no restoration.
Largest bead: diameter 21 mm, H. 18 mm
Necklace is 18" ( 45.7 cm) long (with clasps)
For similar published beads in museum collections see:
- Ve´ronique Arveiller-Dulong, Marie-Dominique Nenna. Les Verres antiques du Musée du Louvre III : Parure, instruments et éléments d’incrustation, Paris, Éditions du Louvre, Somogy, 2011, p. 212 #295
- Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1978, table 5:28
$ 900
1421FN1 Egyptian blue faience & carnelian necklace
1 century BC to 1 century AD
Egypt
Composed of 8 faience melon beads, 3 faience amphora amulets, 2 faience double chamber amulets, 14 globular carnelian beads and multiple small cylindrical faience beads. Carnelian beads are drilled from both ends with opposed conical openings. All beads are from the same period and culture.
Good condition, all beads and amulets are intact with no restoration.
Largest amphora amulet: diameter 9 mm, H. 21 mm
Necklace is 17.5" ( 44.5 cm) long (with clasps).
For similar published beads in museum collections see:
- Tombodama Art Museum, 1996, p.14 cat. 7-d, no.49-b
- Ve´ronique Arveiller-Dulong, Marie-Dominique Nenna. Les Verres antiques du Musée du Louvre III : Parure, instruments et éléments d’incrustation, Paris, Éditions du Louvre, Somogy, 2011, p. 212 #295
- Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1978, table 5:28, table 11:45, 42.
$ 1200
1439FN Egyptian faience melon beads necklace
1 century BCE
SOLD
1441GN Roman gold glass necklace
1 century BCE- 1 century
Mediterranean or Iran
Composed of large barrel shaped beads, all segments of gold in glass tubes, with finished ends by grinding. Interspersed with segmented gold-glass beads with smooth ends. All beads are intact, in good condition and few beads are with minor cracks or small area of outer layer missing.
Central segmented bead: D. 6 mm, L. 16 mm. Necklace is 18.6" ( 47.3 cm) long (without clasps).
For similar published beads in museum collections see:
- M.Spaer. Ancient glass in the Israel Museum. Beads and other small objects, Jerusalem, 2001, p. 136-138: #230, 238
- Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1978, table 26: 2; 3; 8
- Ve´ronique Arveiller-Dulong, Marie-Dominique Nenna. Les Verres antiques du Musée du Louvre III : Parure, instruments et éléments d’incrustation, Paris, Éditions du Louvre, Somogy, 2011, p. 155: #200
$ 775
N52 Roman or Parthian carnelian necklace
1 century AD
Composed of globular carnelian beads ranging from dark brown to dark orange in color. Conical opening, beads are drilled from both ends. Some beads have shallow slit across the opening at one or both ends to prevent drilling device from slipping.
Necklace is 17.5" ( 44.5 cm) long (with lobster claw clasps).
For similar published beads in museum collections see:
- Ve´ronique Arveiller-Dulong, Marie-Dominique Nenna. Les Verres antiques du Musée du Louvre III : Parure, instruments et éléments d’incrustation, Paris, Éditions du Louvre, Somogy, 2011, p. 36 #25
- Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1978, table 38: 17, 18.
$ 475
156 Roman rock crystal & carnelian necklace
1-2 century A.D.
Composed of eleven scaraboid shaped rock crystal beads, twelve biconical rock crystal beads. Interspersed with twenty-four biconvex carnelian beads.
L. 18 1/4" (46.4 cm).
See: Christie's NY, Ancient Jewelry, 12/08/1999, lot #98.
$ 1850