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Posted by HALTER on September 25, 2011 at 10:54am

20ct gold, venitian pearl, AfghanisthanDescription:This is an old and very nice ring with an ancient venitian pearl; the body of the ring is also nicely worked.Size:7,8 adaptableWeight:11,1grwww.halter-ethnic.com

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SARAH CORBETT September 25, 2011 at 11:39am

Hi Micheal I think that this bead may be of an earlier origin. The colours and the quality of the glass, and the formation of the coloured layers lead me to believe that this may be an ancient roman bead ( 900- 2000 years old)

Here is a link to similar beads.

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http://www.africantradebeads.com/Product_Index/AntiqueBeads/Mas1/ma...
SARAH CORBETT September 25, 2011 at 11:41am

http://www.vividtrading.com/elements-2/element-galleries/beads/isla...

another example
HALTER September 25, 2011 at 12:19pm

Hi Sarah

This ring is definitively afghani but concerning the bead , you could perfectly be right and this is a good news ... I will increase my price at once ! (humor!!!!)

More seriously, the beads set in the rings are always more aged than the bodies which often have been repared, sized, etc

Best thoughts

Michel

Michel
Stefany Tomalin September 25, 2011 at 11:28pm

hi Michel

your bead fragment in a ring is a section of a particular type of ancient islamic bead known as "folded" which are similar period to the ones linked and shown by Sarah, but more distinctive and complex so that bead is even rarer!

see http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ANTIQUE-large-ISLAMIC-folded-GLASS-TRADE-...
HALTER September 26, 2011 at 8:00am

Dear Stefany Tomalin

Thanks for this complement of information very interesting endeed!

Michel

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