Necklace 5th C. Islamic Glass, Faience, Shell & Stone

**Originally Listed At $250**

Ancient Near East, Islamic, ca. 5th to 10th century CE. A gorgeous necklace composed of twenty-four glass beads, four faience beads, a pair of petite snail shells, and a dark-grey stone disc pendant in the center. Each of the glass and faience beads exhibit an attractive blue-green hue, and the glass beads bear applied trails of opaque black glass. A handful of the glass beads have developed faint rainbow-hued iridescence across their exterior surfaces, and one tubular glass bead has even formed specks of golden patina as well. Strung in modern times and capped with a silver-plated loop and lobster clasp, this is an expressive example of ancient artistry! Size (necklace): 20" L (50.8 cm); (disc pendant): 1.25" in diameter (3.2 cm).

Provenance: ex-private Shenas collection, Queens, New York, USA, imported into the US in 1972

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Condition Report: Strung in modern times and wearable as shown. Faience, glass, stone, and shell beads are ancient, and stringing and silver-plated components are modern. Chips and abrasions to some beads, with minor pitting, and light encrustations. Nice earthen deposits throughout, and faint areas of rainbow iridescence throughout. One bead with petite areas of golden iridescence.