Ancient Phoenician, Carthaginian Glass Double-Face Bead Ca. 5th century B.C.
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Ancient Phoenician, Carthaginian Glass Double-Face Bead Ca. 5th century B.C. Size of head 1 inches high (24 x 19 mm) Rod-formed glass cylindrical head form bead with the likenass of two hurnan faces . Composed of three colors of glass: dark blue, opaque wiite, and turquoise. Dark bue is used for the background, pupils, and circles around the eyes; opaque white for circles around the eyes, four relief dots on each edge to indicate the hair and beard, two ears, and one nose, the beadthus has one face withan opeque whits mask aroundthe eyes and the color nose, and the second face with turquoise eyebrous and nose. However, when the bead is turned by hand, the opaque white ears appear to become noses, and combined with one eye from each of the two faces, create another face, making it look as if the bead has a total of four faces. This is possibly a desired effect intended to multiply the magical properties of such on amulet. Intact, exc. cond. A beautiful example. Provenance: Ex Arte Primitivo Lot 633 10/14/2021 Ex; NYC collection, acquired from Fortuna Fine Arts, NYC, 2013. SOld for $2100 + commission
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Ancient Phoenician, Carthaginian Glass Double-Face Bead Ca. 5th century B.C.
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