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Ancient glass beads: genuine large Hellenistic glass eye bead, 3-1 century BC
Ancient glass beads: genuine large Hellenistic glass eye bead, 3-1 century BC
Ancient glass beads: genuine large Hellenistic glass eye bead, 3-1 century BC

Ancient glass beads: genuine large Hellenistic glass eye bead, 3-1 century BC

$ 1584

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Unknown
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Material: Glass
  • Condition: Used

    Description

    Large bead with mosaic eyes
    3-1 century BC
    Mediterranean region & Persia
    Rod formed, wound green glass matrix. Twelve eyes of sliced mosaic cane with cross-section of alternative yellow, blue and white concentric canes around blue center.
    Extremely rare. Intact, very good condition. All eyes are intact.
    Max diameter: 25 mm
    Height: 19 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.