Greece and Persia, ca. 4th to 3rd century BCE. A beautiful collection of ancient ceramic and glass beads from Greece and Persia on a modern stringing with modern gold-plated spacer beads and findings. Twelve dark red ceramic beads fit well alongside the multicolored glass beads, many of which are millefiori style. At the center of the necklace is a very large glass bead, black with shimmering white in a feathered pattern inside of it. Size of largest bead: 0.85" W (2.2 cm); length of strand: 22.5" L (57.2 cm)

Provenance: private Davis Collection, Houston, Texas, USA

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All ancient beads have patina, some with encrustation and a few with iridescent or pearlescent patina.