COLLECTION OF ROMAN GLASS VESSEL-SHAPED AND BIRD-SHAPED BEADS

Ca. AD 300 - 500 . A collection of seven glass vessel-shaped beads and four bird-shaped beads. The vessel-shaped beads are of dark glass, each with a globular or elongated body, short neck and pronounced rim, decorated with applied white trails. The bird-shaped beads are of translucent and opaque glass, modelled with raised heads and slender bodies. For similar see: Christie's, Live Auction 7758, The Groppi Collection, 26 April 2012, Lot 94. Size: 13-34mm x 7-20mm; Weight: 43g Provenance: Prince Collection, 1990s–2014; ex. private collection, 1970s–1990s.