后罗马时期／拜占庭早期 玻璃, 红玛瑙 金箔玻璃与红玛瑙珠的古董项链 - 52 cm

Material: 金玻璃与红玛瑙
Technique: 工艺：在模具上卷绕成形的玻璃，内部包含金箔；成形的石珠
Roman to Byzantine period, 1st–6th century AD
Strand length: 52 cm
Carnelian beads: ca 10 x 10 mm
Gold foil beads: triple beads: ca 18 x 6 mm, double beads: ca 12 x 6 mm
Condition: Strand intact and wearable. Beads show surface wear, minor abrasions, and natural irregularities consistent with traditional materials and age. The stringing is later.

Necklace composed of a mixed group of gold glass and carnelian beads, strung as a wearable strand. The yellow glass elements are gold glass beads made with an internal gold foil layer enclosed within the glass, producing a rich metallic golden appearance. Notably, these are formed as segmented wound beads, with paired and tripled lobes created in a single glassworking process rather than as separate individual beads.

These are interspersed with irregular red to orange carnelian beads of varied shapes, together with small dark spacer beads. The strand is finished with a larger carnelian focal bead.