**Originally Listed At $300**

Northern Europe, Viking or Norse culture, ca. 8th to 11th century CE. A beautiful ensemble of 23 beads comprised of either near-opaque, pale-green glass, brown glass, or opaque cobalt-blue glass. The green glass beads are nearly spherical in form and accentuated with smaller circles of white, brown, or red glass. Some of the blue glass beads have faceted exterior surfaces. All are mounted in an alternating chromatic pattern on a modern sterling silver chain. A beautiful and wearable example of ancient Viking glasswork! Size: 30" L (76.2 cm); largest bead is: 0.4" W (1 cm)

Provenance: private Southern California, USA collection

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#142297

Modern sterling silver chain with ancient glass beads. Glass beads have small chips and nicks commensurate with age but all are intact. With faint iridescence/deposits on surface.