Antique Beaded Jewelry

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-seven ancient corner-less cube lapis lazuli beads alternating with two layer granulated silver ring beads. The beads graduate in size from the front to the back of the necklace...

Forty-six ancient corner-less cube lapis lazuli beads alternating with two layer granulated silver ring beads. The beads graduate in size from the front to the back of the necklace. ...

A necklace of ninety banded black and white agate beads, seventeen of which are barrel shaped and seventy-three of which are round. The barrel shaped beads are each faced with granul...

Ancient garnet beads paired with handmade fine silver "mulberry" beads and a matching silver clasp and beading tips. The beads come from the Swat Valley area in what is now northern ...

The frog has been used as an amulet of protection since very early times. Frogs inhabit both the watery (under) world and the land and they undergo a transition from tadpole to frog....

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...

Two hundred fifty six-ball granulated ring spacers, four tabular carnelian beads and a tabular agate ”eye” bead. The eye bead is 2.3 cm in diameter and 5.9 mm in thickness. The diame...

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...

Thirty-one tabular carnelian beads alternating with thirty-two barrel shaped lapis lazuli beads. There are sixty-two silver ring beads in the necklace; they occupy the spaces between...

Two hundred twenty-seven ancient turquoise beads with twenty orange colored ancient glass disc beads evenly spaced throughout the necklace. There are one hundred sixty-six very small...

One hundred seventy-five ancient turquoise beads spaced with eighty-two granulated 20k gold ring beads. There are forty-one turquoise cylinder and flattened cylinder shaped beads and...

An ensemble of two necklaces consisting of many ancient and some modern agate beads with handmade granulated fine silver beads. The inner necklace is of thirty-eight black and white ...

A necklace of six long carnelian tube beads, a round tabular carnelian “eye” bead, and four carnelian truncated bi cone beads. The carnelian tube beads alternate with six 20k gold be...

Seventeen Bronze Age agate beads alternating with sixteen Fine silver beads. Ten of the silver beads are spherical with granulated collars, six of the beads are composed entirely of ...

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...

Ancient gold and agate beads from the period of the reign of Sennacherib, the king of ancient Assyria (704-681 B.C.). There are fourteen agate barrel beads, five agate bow beads, two...

Thirteen Bronze Age agate beads alternating with 20k collared spherical gold beads. Six of them are long barrel shaped agate beads, seven are tabular agate beads: two are diamond sha...

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...

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 ...

Thirteen medium sized flat agate beads of rhomboid and flattened oval shapes alternating with twelve quadruple spiral motif gold beads. A small lapis bead faces each of the quadruple...

Twenty-five ancient agate barrel beads alternating with twenty-four fine silver beads made of twenty-five granules. There are silver beading tips and a hook and eye clasp, also decor...

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...

Twenty-three ancient stone beads alternating with twenty-two tabular 20k gold beads. There are forty-six gold tube beads; each stone bead is faced with a pair of tube beads. The ston...

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...

Thirty-five rhomboid tabular sardonyx/agate beads alternating with pairs of granulated gold ring beads. Gold beading tips and a hook and eye clasp complete the necklace. The gold is ...

A short necklace featuring a gold capped long carnelian barrel bead strung with two hundred fifty granulated gold ring beads. Two small carnelian beads face the gold capped center be...

Ninety lapis lazuli beads, with a white milky quartz barrel shaped bead at the center. The center bead is faced with two silver beads made of two layers of six grains in a hexagonal ...

A massive necklace of nine large flat agate beads and ten tapered agate barrel beads alternating with round collared gold beads. The collars are encircled with fine granulation. The ...

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...

The idea of alternating gold beads with an equal number of barrel-shaped beads made of a variety of colored stones comes from our appreciation of the jewelry of Susa in the Achaemeni...

Nineteen tapered agate barrel beads alternating with collared 22k gold beads made of granules stacked in five rings of increasing and decreasing size to form biconical granulated bea...

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...

Twenty-seven quartz rhomboid tabular beads alternating with 20k gold “winged“ disc tabular beads. Gold beading tips and a hook and eye clasp complete the necklace. The winged discs a...

Vintage red natural coral multi strand bead necklace Art Deco style In very good condition Tribal necklace Approx 60 cm long 12 stands White metal beads and clasp (not silver )

An Antique Victorian c.1880s hand knotted natural Red Salmon Coral Opera length beads necklace on gold color metal bolt clasp. English origin. Length of the necklace including clasp ...

Small ancient agate beads alternating with gold spacer beads with a black agate bow bead at the center. There are thirty-six round beads and thirty six barrels. Each round bead is fa...

Long Haliotis /Abalone and Glass beads Statement Necklace. The exceptional high quality Abalone beads with black Horn ends were produced during French Deco period.In this necklace t...

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 ...

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. Gold beading tips and ...

Vintage Ceremonial Beads Circa 500-1000 18kt Yellow Gold Beads and Clasp 26 inches long Bead measure 0.5-1.0 inches wide Los Angeles-based jewelry designer Sylva Yepremian has over ...

Twenty-four large agate beads of flattened shapes from the Bronze Age (approximately four thousand years ago). The dimensions of the beads are as follows (clockwise from the top): 1....

Eight agate barrel-shaped beads with a crescent shaped center bead, alternating with 22k gold beads. The center bead is 4.35 cm in length (from tip to tip), 2.22 cm in width at the c...

Own a piece of history, with these beads dating back to the early first millenium. 18kt Yellow Gold Beads and Clasp 34 inches long Bead measure 0.5-1.0 inches wide Los Angeles-ba...

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...

Twenty-three carnelian shells faced with cylindrical gold tube beads alternating with small carnelian beads. A set of gold beading tips and a hook and eye clasp complete the necklace.

Twenty-three amethyst beads carved in the form of Crown flowers with five ridged lobes that flare on one end. There are four beveled triangular amethyst beads, two at the back of the...

Plants, flowers and insects such as the dung beetle were also used as ornaments in ancient times and the Egyptians made permanent versions of these perishable ornaments in stone and ...

This Antique Amber Beads Necklace features a row of graduated yellow Amber beads with a cushion shape. The necklace is adorned with a 9k Rose Gold clasp, altogether necklace weighing...

Fleur de Lis Design beaded bib necklace, strung of seed beads and bone.

Fifteen long cylindrical lapis lazuli beads and fourteen somewhat shorter carnelian cylindrical beads alternating, all of which have a band of 22k gold encircling the bead at the cen...

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. ...

Antique Chinese Carved Wood Deity Altar Figure 18thC Measures - 9 1/4" x 3 3/4" x 3 1/4"

Sandstone sculpture of Apsara playing sitar with dancing pose in front of a garland arch. Covered with rests of stucco and old painting with beautiful face expression and flower lotu...

A small and very fine Chinese carved sandalwood figure of a bodhisattva, possibly Avalokiteshvara (Guan Yin), Song Dynasty (960 to 1276), circa 13th century, China. Carved from a si...

A Pre Columbian Jalisco warrior figure Jalisco West Mexico circa B.C. 100-300 A.D, A Fine small solid body standing figure with accented pointed nose modelled in grey clay with a w...

A Chinese carved wood standing figure of Guanyin in the Ming dynasty style, with polychrome application, the hair tied back into an elaborate high chignon, with her left hand raised,...

Description: A fine depiction of Guanyin, possessing the regal tranquillity that the Chinese Bodhisattva of compassion has come to be visually associated with. Marked by an urna si...

Monumental 18th Century Aubusson Verdure Tapestry From the historical residence Chateau de Nernier, situated on the French side of Lake Geneva: A magnificent French verdure tapestry...

This somewhat rare South Italian ceramic vessel is called a nestoris, or two handled wine jar. The obverse is decorated with a seated youth wearing a tunic, pilos helmet and high lac...

This small but superbly painted Neck Amphora is attributed to the Light-Make Class. It's central scene is decorated with an armored hoplite wearing greaves and a Corinthian helmet. H...

Exuding an energy of calm and tranquility, this larger-than-life stone bust depicts a Buddhist bodhisattva in serene meditation. A disciple of the Buddha, a bodhisattva is a compassi...

A charming and most unique French 19th century Louis XVI st. Ormolu and Marble snail paperweight. This wonderful small scale statue is raised by a rectangular Verde Africanato marble...

Available now in the U.S. with no lead time, this sculptural wood lounge chair is designed as a true statement piece, blending contemporary design with expressive form. Defined by i...

Pair of late 19th century Qing Chinese porcelain Famille Rose vases mounted as table lamps on gilt wood bases, made by the renowned Marbro Lighting Co. Beautifully crafted with color...

Vico Magistretti for O-Luce, 'Atollo' lamp, first edition model '233', aluminum, Italy, 1977 The Atollo lighting object, designed by Vico Magistretti in 1977, stands as one of his m...

Tobacco pipe design Aldo TURA for MACABO. Ottone e pergamena. Italy, 1940s/50s ORIGIN Italy PERIOD 40s/50s DESIGNER Aldo TURA (1909-1963) for MACABO MODEL Pipe-shaped tobacco hol...

This is a charming 19th century Chinese carved and gilt wood 3 panel screen. The panels are carved in high relief with multiple figures and architectural elements. The panels are pai...

The frieze having curved panels of verde antico, overlaid with foliate scrolls of statuary marble. The centre plaque which is dog leg in shape depicts Flora, goddess of flowers and t...