NEAR EASTERN PHOENICIAN GLASS JUG BEAD 4th-5th century AD A black glass amuletic jug-bead pendant with globular body and funicular neck, applied trails to the base, handle and rim and narrow blue zigzag trail to the equator. 6.79 grams, 29mm (1 1/4"). Fine condition, rim chipped. Provenance Property of a North American collector; acquired in the 1970s. Literature See Dubin, L.S. The History of Beads from 30,000 BC to the Present, London, 1987, p.41; Stern, E.M. Roman, Byzantine and Early Medieval Glass, 10BCE-700 CE. Ernesto Wolf Collection, Ostfildern-Ruit, 2001.
NEAR EASTERN PHOENICIAN GLASS JUG BEAD 4th-5th century AD A black glass amuletic jug-bead pendant with globular body and funicular neck, applied trails to the base, handle and rim and narrow blue zigzag trail to the equator. 6.79 grams, 29mm (1 1/4"). Fine condition, rim chipped. Provenance Property of a North American collector; acquired in the 1970s. Literature See Dubin, L.S. The History of Beads from 30,000 BC to the Present, London, 1987, p.41; Stern, E.M. Roman, Byzantine and Early Medieval Glass, 10BCE-700 CE. Ernesto Wolf Collection, Ostfildern-Ruit, 2001.
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