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Ancient glass beads: genuine stratified eye bead, 4-3 century BC, Mediterranean
Ancient glass beads: genuine stratified eye bead, 4-3 century BC, Mediterranean
Ancient glass beads: genuine stratified eye bead, 4-3 century BC, Mediterranean

Ancient glass beads: genuine stratified eye bead, 4-3 century BC, Mediterranean

$ 42.24

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

    Description

    Stratified eye bead
    4-3 century BC
    Mediterranean region
    Sand/clay core, wound blue matrix. 9 (or 5+4) stratified eyes in staggered pattern.
    Intact, good condition, minor ancient loss of white layer in several eyes.
    Max diameter: 11 mm
    Height:  7 mm
    For published archaeological examples of the same bead see:
    - Kunter K. Glasperlen der vorromischen Eisenzeit IV. Schichtaugenperlen. Marburger Studien, 1995, taf. 5: 18
    - 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. 130,  #184-32.
    - Tombodama Art Museum, 1996, p.42 cat. 38.
    - Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1975, table 16: 10,11