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A Roman Glass and Quartz Bead Necklace
Late Roman Imperial Period, ca. 3rd - 4th century CE

Sale price¥21,851.00 CNY

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Comprising six large flat disc beads of dark green glass, alternating with seven rhomboid quartz crystal beads and later gold spacer beads. A true statement piece!

Condition: The necklace has been restrung with a modern hook clasp, all beads are intact and in excellent condition overall, with good iridescence to the large glass beads.

Dimensions: Necklace length: 17 1/4 inches (43.8 cm)

Provenance: The Hauge Collection of Ancient Art, assembled between 1962 and 1966. Foreign service brothers, Victor and Osborne Hauge, together with their wives Takako and Gratia, assembled their collection of Persian, Japanese, Chinese, and Southeast Asian works of fine and folk art while stationed overseas with the US government after WWII. In consultation with academics and dealers, the Hauges assembled over two decades of what former Freer Gallery of Art director Harold Stern described in 1957 as "without doubt one of the finest private collections in the world". Victor and Takako published Folk Traditions in Japanese Art to coincide with a traveling exhibition held in 1978 at the Cleveland Museum of Art; Japan House Gallery, New York; and Asian Art Museum, San Francisco. Much of their collection was donated to the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery at the Smithsonian Institute culminating in an exhibition and published catalogue in 2000. The balance of the collection, including this object, was inherited by descent in 2016.

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A Roman Glass and Quartz Bead Necklace<br><em>Late Roman Imperial Period, ca. 3rd - 4th century CE</em>
A Roman Glass and Quartz Bead Necklace
Late Roman Imperial Period, ca. 3rd - 4th century CE
Sale price¥21,851.00 CNY
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