Ancient Beads

They are four thousand year old beads. The necklace takes its inspiration from the bead jewelry of a contemporaneous culture, the ancient Egyptians.

Ancient gold and agate beads from the period of the reign of Sennacherib, the king of ancient Assyria (704-681 B.C.).

Two hundred twenty-seven ancient turquoise beads with twenty orange colored ancient glass disc beads evenly spaced throughout the necklace.

Twenty-five ancient agate barrel beads alternating with twenty-four fine silver beads made of twenty-five granules.

Fifty-nine carnelian beads alternating with fifty-eight round 20k gold beads. Of the carnelian beads, twenty-nine are artificially patterned round beads, (called “etched”), and thirt...

Forty-six ancient corner-less cube lapis lazuli beads alternating with two layer granulated silver ring beads.

Forty-seven ancient corner-less cube lapis lazuli beads alternating with two layer granulated silver ring beads.

Ancient garnet beads paired with handmade fine silver "mulberry" beads and a matching silver clasp and beading tips.

They are identical to beads found in India dating from the Kushan Period and were probably made in ancient India.

At the back, the smallest round bead is 6.9 mm in diameter. Each round agate bead is separated by three 2 mm turquoise disc beads.

They also imported the lapis lazuli beads. The ancient Mesopotamian people, the Sumerians, the Akkadians, and later the Babylonians and the Assyrians all highly valued lapis lazuli a...

The granulation process used to make the 250 ring beads is ancient. The technique was lost and had to be rediscovered in modern times.

These beads come from the Swat Valley in what is now northern Pakistan and are most likely over two thousand years old. The necklace consists of fifty-four round carnelian beads with...

Forty-five barrel shaped lapis lazuli beads with nine carnelian beads, each faced with a granulated silver ring bead. Three of the nine carnelian beads are tabular, the remaining six...

Seventeen long agate barrel beads alternating with gold beads made by granulation, a process of joining together high carat gold without the use of solder. The agates are biconical w...

Thirty-three cylindrical, bi-conical and tapered barrel shaped carnelian beads alternating with thirty-four bi-conical disc shaped lapis lazuli beads. Each of the lapis lazuli beads ...

Ancient gold and agate beads from the period of the reign of Sennacherib, the king of ancient Assyria (704-681 B.C.).

An ensemble of two necklaces consisting of many ancient and some modern agate beads with handmade granulated fine silver beads.

Seven long tapered carnelian beads with gold capped ends alternating with large gold granulated beads of five layers. The necklace is completed by gold beading tips and a hook and ey...

Twenty-three ancient stone beads alternating with twenty-two tabular 20k gold beads.

This is a topic that some future researcher can delve into to and it will make a fascinating addition to the history of stone bead manufacture and trade in ancient times. The lapis...

Thirty-nine barrel shaped agate beads, alternating long thin tapered tubes with shorter barrel shapes (two round agate beads to either side of center), all spaced with short cylindri...

Fifteen tapered agate barrel beads alternating with spherical gold beads decorated with lines of granules separated by bands of gold wire. A set of gold beading tips and a hook and e...

Thirty-five lapis lazuli beads spaced with 24k gold double layer granulated ring beads with a tabular sardonyx bead at the center. Gold beading tips and a hook and eye clasp complet...

The beads are about four thousand years old. Beads of this form were also present in ancient Mesopotamia.

The beads come from the Swat Valley in what is present day northern Pakistan. Two thousand years ago, this was on the northern end of the Kushan Empire that included most of north In...

Thirty agate barrel beads with a rhombus agate bead at the center. The beads are all banded with transparent quartz and opaque white quartz. The center bead is striking with bands th...

Turquoise, lapis lazuli, carnelian, and agate beads alternating with 22k gold cylinder beads. There is a bow shaped agate bead at the midpoint of the necklace. There are twenty-two s...

A short necklace featuring a gold capped long carnelian barrel bead strung with two hundred fifty granulated gold ring beads.

Twenty-one agate beads, nine of which are “bow” beads and twelve are round, thirteen small etched carnelian beads and forty-two lapis lazuli beads. Each of the agate beads are faced ...

Fifteen barrel shaped agate beads, predominantly carnelian with opaque white and transparent quartz banding. The agate beads alternate with fourteen round collared gold beads. Each o...

The beads are about four thousand years old. Beads of this form were also present in ancient Mesopotamia.

Small ancient agate beads alternating with gold spacer beads with a black agate bow bead at the center.

Ninety-six 20k gold tube beads, fourteen carnelian barrel beads, and a carved carnelian fish amulet faced on each side with a pair of spherical 20k gold beads.

Thirty agate barrel beads and twenty-seven agate pendant beads alternating with vermeil (gilt silver) granulated beads. The barrel beads and pendants graduate in size from the front ...

The ancient Sumerians did import beads from the Indus Valley as well as lapis lazuli and agate.

Other cultures, such as the ancient Egyptian, have made hard stone beads that mimic the forms of perishable flowers.

In ancient Mesopotamia, agate beads were often capped with gold or set into gold mounts.

Seventy- five lapis lazuli beads with a center pendant bead. There are thirty-six barrel shaped beads and thirty-eight round beads each spaced by a silver ring bead. There are sevent...

Eleven ancient carnelian beads and ten gold beads, all shaped to resemble cowrie shells.

Twenty-seven ancient lapis lazuli spoon shaped pendants alternating with barrel shaped lapis beads, each faced with a silver ring bead.

Swat was a part of the Kushan dynasty and so it is quite likely that the beads were made about two thousand years ago. The combination of lapis lazuli and carnelian was especially pr...

Twenty-three agate barrel beads alternating with twenty-four round carnelian beads. Each of these carnelian beads is faced with two gold granulated ring beads, forty-eight in total. ...

A necklace of fifty-two carnelian “spars” alternating with groups of three turquoise disc beads. The carnelian beads graduate slightly in size from the front of the necklace to the b...

The necklace is accented with seventy-two granulated 20k gold ring beads. There are twenty-two carnelian barrel beads alternating with the carnelian amulet beads.

A necklace of fifteen carnelian beads, nine of which are long tapered beads and six of which are shorter barrel shaped carnelian tubes. There are fifty lapis beads in the necklace wh...

Twenty-six very small black onyx barrel beads alternating with twenty-eight lapis lazuli cylinder beads. Between each of the stone beads is a 22k gold tube bead. At the center of the...

Eight ancient agate barrel beads faced with sixteen flared 20k gold tubes and alternating with eight lapis lazuli short bicone beads faced with pairs of two layer gold granulated rin...

Forty-six ancient Egyptian carnelian beads with one hundred thirty-eight 20k gold beads and a black stone depiction of Bastet, the cat goddess of Bubastis.

Thirty ancient Egyptian carnelian poppy seed pods pendant beads, faced with gold granulated ring beads, and alternating with round carnelian beads also faced with gold granulated rin...

This necklace consists of fifty-five lapis lazuli beads, twenty-six small agate barrel beads, twenty-seven granulated silver beads, and a carved lapis lazuli pendant with an ancient ...

A necklace of fifty-five carnelian beads alternating with fifty-four 22k gold tube beads. Fifty-three of the carnelian beads are of an unusual form being long spar shapes pointed on ...

Each ancient stone bead is separated by a granulated 22k gold ring bead, fifty-four in all.

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