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Ancient glass beads: Hellenistic eye bead, 3-1 century BC,Mediterranean & Persia
Ancient glass beads: Hellenistic eye bead, 3-1 century BC,Mediterranean & Persia
Ancient glass beads: Hellenistic eye bead, 3-1 century BC,Mediterranean & Persia

Ancient glass beads: Hellenistic eye bead, 3-1 century BC,Mediterranean & Persia

$ 15.83

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

    Description

    Mosaic eye bead
    3-1 century BC
    Mediterranean region & Persia
    Rod formed, wound, red matrix. Three eyes of sliced mosaic cane with cross-section of alternative white, blue concentric rings around blue center.
    Intact, very good condition. Little round cavities are air bubbles formed during manufacturing.
    Max diameter: 8 mm
    Height:  7 mm
    For similar beads see:
    - Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1975, table 14: 84-86.
    - 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,  #184-23; p.128, #183-37