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Ancient glass beads: TWO genuine ancient Hellenistic monochrome glass beads
Ancient glass beads: TWO genuine ancient Hellenistic monochrome glass beads

Ancient glass beads: TWO genuine ancient Hellenistic monochrome glass beads

$ 25.34

Availability: 78 in stock
  • Time Period Manufactured: Pre-1400
  • Condition: Used
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Greece
  • Modified Item: No
  • Color: Clear
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Material: Glass
  • Handmade: Yes

    Description

    Two Hellenistic glass beads
    2-1 century BCE
    Eastern
    Mediterranean
    Spherical. Transparent glass. Intact, good condition. Totally iridescent.
    Max height 9 mm, diameter 9 mm.
    For published examples of identical beads in museum collections:
    - 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. 218: #298-15
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    Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1978, table 33: 1.