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ROMAN AGATE BEADED NECKLACE
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Ca. 1-300 AD. Roman. A restrung necklace of Roman and modern beads comprising beautiful semiprecious blue Roman agate beads interspaced with modern bronze beads. The agate beads are made even more stunning by the beautiful streaking characteristic of the stone. Beads were an important part of Roman women's dress. For more information on Roman bead types, see M. Guido (1978), The glass beads of the prehistoric and Roman periods in Britain and Ireland. London: Society of Antiquaries. Exceletn Condition, wearable.Size: L:225mm / W:270mm ; 12g; Provenance: From the private collection of a Somerset gentleman; previously in an old British collection, formed in the 1980s on the UK /European art markets.
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Ca. 1-300 AD. Roman. A restrung necklace of Roman and modern beads comprising beautiful semiprecious blue Roman agate beads interspaced with modern bronze beads. The agate beads are made even more stunning by the beautiful streaking characteristic of the stone. Beads were an important part of Roman women's dress. For more information on Roman bead types, see M. Guido (1978), The glass beads of the prehistoric and Roman periods in Britain and Ireland. London: Society of Antiquaries. Exceletn Condition, wearable.Size: L:225mm / W:270mm ; 12g; Provenance: From the private collection of a Somerset gentleman; previously in an old British collection, formed in the 1980s on the UK /European art markets.
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