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LOT 0934
Roman Mixed Glass Bead Necklace String
1ST-4TH CENTURY A.D. AND LATER
16 1/8 in. (14.6 grams, 41 cm).
Restrung group of tabular, cylindrical, including Venetian and Indian lampwork beads with encrusted surface, and other beads. [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
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1st-4th century A.D. and laterSold for (Inc. bp): £65
A designer necklace composed of mainly oblate beads, central feature composed of large barrel-shaped bead with a suspended glass ring below; restrung. 14.9 grams, 30.3 cm
From the London, UK, art market in the 1990s. This lot is accompanied by an illustrated lot declaration signed by the Head of the Antiquities Department, Dr Raffaele D'Amato.
In the Roman period there was a strong formal and chromatic diversity of glass beads used for necklaces and bracelets. The most common beads in forms were small biconical (lenticular), barrel-shaped, spherical and annular; the most common colours were dark blue, followed by green and yellow. The succession of glass beads often imitates jewellery made of costly materials (gold, silver, semi-precious and precious stones). Green, blue-green, blue, yellow, and black drawn and rounded glass beads (like here) are late Roman types.
