Egyptian beads?
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Posted by: KFM Mail author
03/19/2015, 04:12:48

I found this string of "Egyptian" beads on Pinterest and followed them back to the collection at the Yale museum. They are not on display and Yale does give a disclaimer as to authenticity. I can't imagine these are Egyptian or Roman, except for a few at the top of the strand. The colors and surfaces just don't look right to me. Later Venetian beads made with frit, perhaps?

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Related link: http://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/44882

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