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THBWearable Eastern Mediterranean Glass Eye-Bead Necklace
Lot 31a
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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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By Artemis Gallery
Feb 21, 2019
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2019-02-21 10:00:00
2019-02-21 10:00:00
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An important one-day auction featuring museum-worthy examples of Egyptian, Greek, Roman, Etruscan, Near Eastern, Far East / Asian, Pre-Columbian, African / Tribal, Oceanic, Native American, Spanish Colonial, Russian, Fossils, Ancient Jewelry, Fine Art, so much more! Artemis Gallery info@artemisgallery.com
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- Lot Description
Eastern Mediterranean/Greek, ca. 4th century BCE to 2nd century CE. A striking necklace composed of fifty ancient glass beads, most of them of the style known as eye beads or evil eye beads, on a modern cord with modern sterling silver clasp to make it wearable. These beads are mainly navy blue with white "eyes" and are made using the mosaic technique, with long rods of colorful glass cut into segments; two are dark green and one is white with blue and white applied "eyes". A few have red and yellow/gold colored trails of glass on their surfaces. Two are paler blue, matte, and have a vertically ribbed, globular form. Length of strand: 20.5" L (52.1 cm); size of largest bead: 0.7" W (1.8 cm)
The "eye-bead" style was popular throughout the ancient world, believed to ward off the "evil eye", and although they were manufactured mainly in the Eastern Mediterranean, they found their way along trade routes throughout the ancient Old World - for example, one has been found at Manthai, a coastal town and ancient harbor in northern Sri Lanka, another at Arikamedu, a southern Indian city known for its trade with the Romans.
See a similar example that sold at Christie's in 2018 for $3000: https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/ancient-jewelry-wearable-art/eastern-mediterranean-glass-eye-bead-necklace-41/63735
Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection; ex-Wassem Alteir collection; ex-private Japanese collection, acquired in the 1980s
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#140553Ancient glass beads on a modern cord with modern sterling silver clasp. On the white bead, one of the "eyes" is lost. Otherwise all beads are intact, with some light surface wear commensurate with age.Condition
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