Necklace with Celtic stratified 'Eye' beads

4th - 2nd century BC

€ 275.00 VAT margin scheme

Article code: B22-047

Necklace with different types of Celtic glass stratified 'Eye' beads and handmade pendant with spiral detail.

The pendant holds a glass bead with a double row of four multi-layered eyes in white and blue on a yellow background and one Celtic blue glass bead. Left and right a glass bead with a single row of four eyes in blue and white on a yellow background.

The authentic Celtic beads are restrung with professional materials and decorative spacer beads.Wearable (new jasseron chain with clasp).

The layered Eye beads are made by fusing different colored glass rods, then cut in small pieces and pressed in a hot matrix. Finally the ring beads were smoothed and polished.

The place of manufacture is still uncertain, but it is likely they were imported from workshops in the eastern Mediterranean area.

Total length: ± 47,5 cm

Diameter beads: ± 12 mm maximum

Length pendant: ± 35,5 mm

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The belief in the 'Evil Eye' dates back about 5.000 years and is present in many ancient cultures around the Mediterranean area. They are used as an amulet or talisman to ward off the evil eye. The staring eyes are supposed to reflect the malicious gaze back to the sorcerer.

In Celtic mythology it was a popular design and in many Celtic sites across Europe 'Evil Eye' beads have been discovered. Evil eye beads were popularised with the Phoenicians, Persians, Greeks, Romans and Ottomans.