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Ancient glass beads: genuine ancient iridescent glass bead, 2 century BCE

$ 31.67

Availability: 27 in stock
  • Material: Glass
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Modified Item: No
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Unknown
  • Color: Clear
  • Handmade: Yes
  • Condition: Used

    Description

    Monochrome glass bead
    Eastern Mediterranean
    Date: 2-1 century BC
    Monochrome glass
    Spherical. Transparent glass with greenish tint.
    Intact, good condition. Totally iridescent.
    Height 10 mm, diameter 14 mm
    For published examples of identical bead in museum collection see:
    - 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. 79: #136