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Phoenician Irridescent Sand-Core Glass Bead Set in Pendant - FJ.1027
Origin: Lebanon (Sidon)
Circa: 600
BC
to 400
BC
Collection: Classical Antiquities
Style: Phoenician
Medium: Glass, Gold
Additional Information: This bead is set in an 18 karat gold pendant., SOLD
$4,800.00
Location: United States
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| Description |
This glass bead, enriched with beautiful
polychrome decoration and surface
iridescence,
is typical of the sand-core decoration
of the
Phoenician people, once situated on the
Levantine coast. With the local sand
proving itself
to be particularly adept for the
production of
such decoration the object would be
moulded by
dipping a core of mud and sand into
melted
glass, and then the surface of the glass
would
dragged downwards with a metal rod to
produce
the coloured pattern effect – a
technique
perfected by the Phoenicians before the
invention
of glass-blowing in the Roman period.
This ancient bead has been given a new
lease of
life and thoroughly modernised by its
being set
in an 18 karat gold pendant, making it a
striking
piece of contemporary jewellery.
- (FJ.1027)
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