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Ancient glass beads: Genuine Medieval beads: Islamic-Byzantine-Viking eye bead

$ 34.32

Availability: 100 in stock

Description

Medieval eye bead
7-9 century
Turquoise
matrix with three yellow
eyes with red center.
Intact, good condition.
Max diameter: 12 mm
Height:  10 mm
For similar published beads see:
- J. Callmer,Trade beads and bead trade in Scandinavia ca. 800-1000 A.D., 1977, pl III, #B6890
- V.Kovalevskaya, Komputernaya obrabotka massovogo arhaeologicheskogo materiala is rannesrednevekovih pamyatnikov Evrasii, Moscow, 2000, p.49, p.42 #156