67 Ancient eye bead necklace.This is a necklace of ancient beads. The central bead is formed by very fine silver wire work and granulation from old Bali. New Balinese silver is readily available but it is rare to find such a bead. It is hard to be precise about its age, but I think it is at least 100 years. old. The necklace is strung with natural coral and truly old eye beads, possibly Carthaginian or Egyptian dated between 600 BC and 400 AD. In the strand are two more old Bali

Intan pendant centrepiece

It grows very slowly and lives for thousands of years

This is a very rare find

Possibly over 1000 years old

the floral decoration on its wings is green

This very old Balinese wood carving

From the centre the beads are paired on each side

Of interest is the round bead on the right which is most probably a mosaic bead but which has been eroded by its long time in the ground

Done some years ago when handphones were a rarity it is a typical example of Balinese humorous observation

the gold beads are silver gold dipped from Sulawesi and the other small beads are Indo-pacific beads

hexagonal bicone buddha beads interspersed with Indo-Pacific beads and old Balinese gold plated silver beads

Strung on German silk