Glass and crystal, 28.80 grams, 50 cm [19.5 inches]. Circa 1st century AD. A re-strung blue glass necklace, which has 30 extruded blue glass beads, many with coloured glass decoration, with various degrees of transparency, seperated with dark blue beads and a large crystal bead in centre. Some of the beads are drilled from both ends and they have conical opening, fitted with a modern clasp to allow it to be worn. Reference: Thames & Hudson, The History of Beads from 30,000 BC to the Present; Limper K. ,Uruk. Perlen. Ketten. Anhänger. Ph. Von Zabern, 1989, tbl. 55. Extremely fine condition. Provenance: from an old English collection, found eastern Mediterranean.