PHOENICIAN GLASS BEAD NECKLACE Ca. 500 - 300 BC An amazing Phoenician necklace composed with dozens of globular blue eye beads and embellished in the frontal side with a huge glass pendant in the shape of a head. The color of the beads include semi-opaque cobalt blue, with additions in opaque white and semi-opaque, and eyes in an uncertain color, appearing black. Cylindrical with large rod hole at bottom, slightly indented on top; arched rounded edge at back, front projecting downwards; applied suspension loop on top of head. For similar see: MET Museum Accession Number: 81.10.151. Size: 300mm x 25mm; Weight: 30g Provenance: Prince collection, 1990s-2014; Ex. Binoche' Paris, 30 May 2012, lot 117. This item has been cleared against the Art Loss Register database and comes with a confirmation letter.