Late Roman and Early Islamic Glass and Gold Beads

strung as a necklace with an 18-karat gold S-hook clasp

 

 

3rd - 13th Centuries AD

 

Necklace Length: 63.5 cm.       (25  in.)

 

ex: private American collection, before 1979

 

Liu, Robert ; A Universal Aesthetic. Collectable Beads (Vista, 1995) 

 

 

 

#6881