Eastern Roman Cornelian Beads and Near Eastern Steatite Beads

strung as a necklace with an 18-karat gold S-hook clasp

 

 

1st Millennium BC - 3rd Century AD

 

Necklace Length: 59 cm.       (23 1/4 in.)

 

 

ex: private American collection, 1960's - 1970's

 

Liu, Robert ; A Universal Aesthetic. Collectable Beads (Vista, 1995) 

 

 

 

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