Necklace with Extra Large Glass Beads

Culture: Roman

Period: 3rd-4th century A.D.

Material: Glass

Dimensions: 56.8 cm long

Price: 1 800 Euro

Ref: 3723

Provenance: Austrian private collection Prof. Josef Mairitsch (1938-1994). Acquired prior to 1970. Thence in the family estate. With a copy of the collection note (number 28).

Condition: Beads with some wear and traces of weathering. Overall an attractive necklace with interesting, large beads.

Description: Modern threaded necklace with large opaque glass beads in various colors and shapes, produced in the Eastern Mediterranean during the late Roman period. In the centre a particularly large square bead of blue-black glass with an inlayed yellow glass thread. Followed by, amongst others, an elliptical bead of white glass with blue eyes, a mosaic bead of red glass, cuboid-shaped blue glass beads and white faience beads. See for the beads dating to the late Roman period “Les Verres Antiques du Musée du Louvre”, page 232 f., no. 314. Threaded on a textile band and ready to wear.