COLLECTION OF PHOENICIAN EYE GLASS BEADS

Ca. 300 - 100 BC A collection of six glass beads, including, from left to right: a dark annular bead with white and black circular eyes; a yellow and black bicolour bead with large eye motifs; a translucent colourless bead; a dark blue bead with large yellow and black eyes; a short blue cylindrical bead with small white roundels centred in blue; and a large blue bead with white eyes with a central blue iris. Size: 4.5-18.6mm x 7.1-20.9mm; Weight: 13.3g. Provenance:Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s; reputedly from the Dr. Nolte collection, acquired in the early to mid 20th Century AD.

Estimate:£100

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