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THB9th C. Islamic Glass Eye Bead Necklace - Superb!
Lot 132a
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Artemis Gallery
686 S Taylor Ave, Ste 106
Louisville, CO 80027
United States
Selling antiquities, ancient and ethnographic art online since 1993, Artemis Gallery specializes in Classical Antiquities (Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Near Eastern), Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal / Oceanographic art. Our extensive inventory includes pottery, stone, metal, wood, glass and textil...Read more
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Ancient Near East, Islamic Period, ca. 9th to 13th century CE. A fabulous necklace of a wearable form composed of 91 spherical glass beads in hues of cobalt-blue, turquoise, teal, and sage. Petite circles of either white, blue, or yellow glass 'eyes' - hence the name 'eye bead' - peek out from almost every bead, with only a handful that are unadorned. Some beads are embellished with teal and yellow glass, and a few others boast vivid vermilion glass that elegantly contrasts against their aqua-hued bodies. An excellent and wearable example of ancient art combined with modern fashion! Size (necklace): 45" L (114.3 cm); size of largest bead: 0.625" W x 0.55" H (1.6 cm x 1.4 cm).
For a few stylistically-similar examples of eye beads carved from lapis lazuli, please see: Dubin, Lois Sherr. "The History of Beads: From 100,000 B.C. to the Present - Revised and Expanded Edition." Abrams, New York, 2009, p. 96, fig. 84.
Provenance: ex-private San Francisco, California, USA collection, acquired in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA; ex-private collection, purchased in the 1980s
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#148854Strung in modern times and wearable as shown. Glass beads are ancient, and necklace strand is modern. Minor nicks to some beads, with losses to 'eye' components of a few beads, and light encrustations within suspension holes and within recessed areas. Nice earthen deposits throughout.Condition
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