Bidspirit auction | COLLECTION OF PHOENICIAN EYE GLASS

COLLECTION OF PHOENICIAN EYE GLASS BEADS - Ca. 400 - 200 BC A collection of seven polychrome glass eye beads, including, from left to right: a yellow globular bead with large stratified eyes in cobalt blue and white and small white knobs; a turquoise barrel-shaped bead with scattered white bosses and a central band of white eyes with blue irises; a yellow bead with white and blue eye roundels and turquoise knobs; a turquoise globular bead with eye roundels and white knobs; a small turquoise bead with white and blue eyes framed by yellow knobs; a turquoise bead with dark blue eyes and yellow bosses; and a turquoise bead with stratified eyes in blue and white flanked by yellow knobs. Size: 9.8-14mm x 11-18mm; Weight: 19.22g. Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Private collection 1970s-1990s; Reputedly from the Dr. Nolte collection, acquired in the early to mid 20th Century AD. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter. For similar see: The British Museum, Museum number 1894,1101.120, 1868,0501.54.