900 years old Islamic glass beads
(some small chips on ends but intact patterns)
Largest cylinder 16 x 9 mm
7 ins / 18 cm Strand Length
asm 229-02   £60

Ancient Egyptian Blue Glass - matched ovals with a faceted bicone central bead
Length 7 ins / 28 cm
Beads from 17 x 8 to 17 x 13 mm
asm 256  £85  Sold

Rare & ancient translucent blue and red glass
found amongst the Egyptian asm 256 beads
Strand length 6 ins / 15 cm
Beads from 9 x 5 to 13 x 6 mm
asm 271  £48  Sold

Found in the Sahara Desert in Mali, these 1000+ years old conical and round banded beads display a wonderful iridescence
( which is showing as white in the scan ).
Iridescence is normally thought to be the result of prolonged exposure of glass to an acidic environment. As the desert sands are not normally acidic, a possibility is that these beads and others, showing very similar characteristics, might have been been buried with their owners, whose decomposition resulted in a surrounding area of acidity.
Strand length 4.5 ins / 12 cm
Largest conical bead 10 x 9 mm
Centre bead is a 7 x 8 mm ancient
Islamic triangular 'eye' bead
asm 237-01   £38

Matched ancient Stone barrel beads from the mountainous areas of Northern Mauritania
Length 10 ins / 26 cm - 8 mm diameter beads
asm 258  £20

Rare & ancient Islamic translucent Blue ovals found in Mali. Length 7 ins / 18 cm
Beads from 16 x 9 to 21 x 10 mm
asm 272  £32

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