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Ancient Roman red glass necklace 276NA
Ancient Roman red glass necklace 276NAAncient Roman necklace 276NAAncient Roman glass necklace 276NA
Description

276NA
Glass necklace 
Date: 1-2 century AD
Roman 

Composed of 43 red glass tubular beads, imitating natural red coral beads.
Intact, good condition, some iridescence.

Diameter of the average bead: 7 mm
Height: 13 mm

Necklace is 21.5" ( 54.6 cm) long

For similar beads see:

- Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1978, table 33: 14

- Ve´ronique Arveiller-Dulong, Marie-Dominique Nenna.  Les Verres antiques du Musée du Louvre III : Parure, instruments et éléments d’incrustation, Paris, Éditions du Louvre, Somogy, 2011, p. 222 #300-10