Ancient Glass Beads

Rita’s collection of ancient beads have origins in the Middle East, Persia and Indonesia. They were obtained mostly in Syria and Egypt in the 1980’s and are primarily from the Roman era or early Islamic period.

Note: Some photographs below contain multiple items, and each available item in these images is now listed separately, with its own photo, description and item number/letter combination. Consequently, multiple versions of the same photograph may appear in the page below.
Ancient Item 003aAncient Item 003a$100.00(Item location: Upper left) Roman Era or Early Islamic period from Syrian Collector Ancient Item 003cAncient Item 003c$100.00(Item location: Lower left) Roman Era or Early Islamic period from Syrian Collector Ancient Item 003dAncient Item 003d$100.00(Item location: Lower right) Roman Era or Early Islamic period from Syrian Collector Ancient Item 004aAncient Item 004a$150.00(Item location: Upper left) Ancient glass bead - Roman Era or Early Islamic period from Syrian CollectorAncient Item 004bAncient Item 004b$150.00(Item location: Upper right) Ancient glass bead - Roman Era or Early Islamic period from Syrian Collector
Ancient Item 004cAncient Item 004c$150.00(Item location: Lower right) Ancient glass bead - Roman Era or Early Islamic period from Syrian CollectorAncient Item 006Ancient Item 006$150.00Ancient glass bead - Roman Era or Early Islamic period from Syrian Collector. 22mm hole to hole.Ancient Item 007aAncient Item 007a$150.00(Item location: Upper right) Early Islamic Beads from Syrian CollectorAncient Item 007bAncient Item 007b$150.00(Item location: Center right) Early Islamic Beads from Syrian CollectorAncient Item 007cAncient Item 007c$150.00(Item location: Center left) Early Islamic Beads from Syrian Collector
Ancient Item 008aAncient Item 008a$100.00(Item location: Upper right) Ancient glass beads from Egypt Ancient Item 008bAncient Item 008b$100.00(Item location: Center left) Ancient glass beads from Egypt Ancient Item 008dAncient Item 008d$100.00(Item location: Lower right) Ancient glass beads from Egypt Ancient Item 011aAncient Item 011a$165.00(Item location: Upper left) Ancient glass bead, Middle EastAncient Item 012aAncient Item 012a$175.00(Item location: Upper right) Ancient glass bead from Middle East
Ancient Item 015aAncient Item 015a$125.00Ancient glass bead, EgyptAncient Item 015bAncient Item 015b$125.00(Item location: Center right) Ancient glass bead from EgyptAncient Item 015cAncient Item 015c$125.00(Item location: Center left) Ancient glass bead from EgyptAncient Item 016aAncient Item 016a$125.00(Item location: Upper right) Ancient glass bead from a special collection in Syria. Purchased in Syria in the 1980's.Ancient Item 016bAncient Item 016b$125.00Ancient glass bead from a special private collection in Syria. Purchased in Syria in the 1980's.
Ancient Item 016cAncient Item 016c$125.00(Item location: Lower left) Ancient glass bead from a special collection in Syria. Purchased in Syria in the 1980's.Ancient Item 018aAncient Item 018a$125.00Ancient glass bead, Indonesia. 17mm. Good condition.Ancient Item 018bAncient Item 018b$100.00Ancient glass bead, Indonesia. Fair condition.Ancient Item 018cAncient Item 018c$125.00Ancient glass bead, IndonesiaAncient Item 019aAncient Item 019a$100.00(Item location: Upper right) Ancient glass bead, Indonesia
Ancient Item 019bAncient Item 019b$100.00(Item location: Lower right) Ancient glass bead, IndonesiaAncient Item 019cAncient Item 019c$100.00(Item location: Lower left) Ancient glass bead, IndonesiaAncient Item 020Ancient Item 020$300.00Ancient glass beads, Egypt, strandAncient Item 021aAncient Item 021a$90.00(Item location: Upper left) Ancient glass bead - Mid EastAncient Item 021bAncient Item 021b$90.00(Item location: Upper right) Ancient glass bead - Mid East
Ancient Item 021cAncient Item 021c$90.00(Item location: Center right) Ancient glass bead - Mid EastAncient Item 023aAncient Item 023a$50.00(Item location: Upper left) Ancient glass, Mid EastAncient Item 023bAncient Item 023b$50.00(Item location: Upper right) Ancient glass, Mid EastAncient Item 023dAncient Item 023d$50.00(Item location: Lower left) Ancient glass, Mid EastAncient Item 024aAncient Item 024a$95.00Ancient glass bead, Egypt
Ancient Item 024bAncient Item 024b$75.00Ancient glass bead, EgyptAncient Item 024cAncient Item 024c$50.00(Item location: Lower left) Ancient glass, EgyptAncient Item 024dAncient Item 024d$50.00(Item location: Center left) Ancient glass, EgyptAncient Item 024eAncient Item 024e$50.00(Item location: Center right) Ancient glass bead, EgyptAncient Item 025aAncient Item 025a$75.00(Item location: Upper right) Ancient glass, Egypt