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Ancient glass beads: genuine ancient Hellenistic glass eye bead, 3-1 century BCE
$ 79.2
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Description
Glass bead with mosaic cane eyes3-1 century BC
Mediterranean region & Persia
Rod formed, wound green glass matrix. Seven eyes of sliced mosaic cane with cross-section of alternative yellow, blue and white concentric canes around blue center. Intact, very good condition. All eyes are intact.
Max diameter: 11 mm
Height: 9 mm
For similar beads see:
- Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1975, table 14: 45.
- Ve´ronique Arveiller-Dulong, Marie-Dominique Nenna. Les Verres antiques du Musée du Louvre III : Parure, instruments et éléments d’incrustation, Paris, Éditions du Louvre, Somogy, 2011, p. 171, #210-17.
- Tombodama Art Museum, 1996, p.43 cat. 41 different color matrix.