Bidspirit auction | HUGE PHOENICIAN POLYCHROME GLASS HEAD-SHAPED

HUGE PHOENICIAN POLYCHROME GLASS HEAD-SHAPED BEAD - Ca. 600 - 400 BC. A brightly coloured mosaic glass tubular bead with stylised faces on opposing sides: one rendered in opaque yellow glass, the other in white. Each face features large, circular cobalt blue and white eyes and a prominent projecting nose, set against a dark blue ground decorated with applied white spots. Together with a restrung necklace composed of variegated glass beads in green, blue, amber, black, and yellow tones, including spiral-twist and eye-pattern examples. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 17.194.716. Size: 21.9mm x 14.1mm; Weight: 6g Provenance: Private London collection, acquired on the European art market pre 2000. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.