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Ancient glass beads: genuine Hellenistic mosaic glass pendant, 2 century BCE

$ 145.19

Availability: 13 in stock
  • Handmade: Yes
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Unknown
  • Color: Multi-Color
  • Material: Glass
  • Condition: Used
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Modified Item: No

    Description

    Mosaic glass pendant
    Date: 2-1 century BC
    Eastern Mediterranean
    Perforated pre-manufactured mosaic cane section of triangular form.
    Intact, good condition.
    Height 15 mm, 11 mm x 6 mm
    For similar published examples in museum collections see:
    - Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1978, table 27: 62
    - M.Spaer. Ancient glass in the Israel Museum. Beads and other small objects, Jerusalem, 2001, p. 155, fig.67
    - 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. 151: #195
    - D.Nenna, Exploration archeologique de Delos, 32: Les verres, Paris, Athenes, EFA, De Boccard, 1999, pl. 52: E42-46
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    T.Tanichi, Y. Kudo, Glass beads in the world, Tokyo, 1997, p. 28, 29