Roman mosaic glass bead necklace, dated circa 1st Century CE Composed of thirty-two beads in bright colours ~ spherical, disc-shaped, rectangular and drop-shaped, seventeen with faces, three encircled by lotus flowers, two with petalled flowers, two with Nilotic birds in profile, one millefiori bead, and eight with geometric designs, on a green, white, red or blue ground, interspersed with rectangular opaque orange glass beads and small, spherical blue and white millefiori beads The necklace measures 82cm long and has been restrung with a modern hook-and-loop closure Sold at auction by Christies, December 2007

Roman mosaic glass bead necklace, dated circa 1st Century CE

The necklace measures 82cm long and has been restrung with a modern hook-and-loop closure

Sold at auction by Christies, December 2007

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Roman glass bead necklace, dated circa 2nd/3rd Century CE Comprising numerous highly iridescent beads of globular and other forms, the necklace is 36.8cm long. Three circular pendants are suspended from the necklace, two with stamped motifs, one of them showing the Star of David Sold at auction by Sothebys #BeadSocietyGB #Beads #HistoryOfBeads #RomanGlassBeads #Sothebys #BeadedSky

Roman glass bead necklace, dated circa 2nd/3rd Century CE

Comprising numerous highly iridescent beads of globular and other forms, the necklace is 36.8cm long

Sold at auction by Sothebys

#BeadSocietyGB #Beads #HistoryOfBeads #RomanGlassBeads #Sothebys #BeadedSky