COLLECTION OF LARGE PHOENICIAN POLYCHROME GLASS BEADS

Ca. 600 - 200 BC. A collection of five polychrome glass beads, including, from left to right: a pale glass cylindrical bead with blue and white circular eyes interspersed with turquoise dots and multicoloured twisted trails; a blue bead with green and white concentric eyes separated by a white horizontal trail; a dark blue ribbed bead with a yellow equatorial trail; a dark blue rounded bead with white and blue concentric eyes; and an elongated black and yellow marbled bead with applied blue and white eyes. Size: 33-51mm x 25-34mm; Weight: 163g Provenance: Prince Collection, 1990s?2014; ex. private collection, 1970s?1990s. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.