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Ancient Roman glass beads: genuine Roman blue glass eye bead, 1 century BCE
Ancient Roman glass beads: genuine Roman blue glass eye bead, 1 century BCE
Ancient Roman glass beads: genuine Roman blue glass eye bead, 1 century BCE
Ancient Roman glass beads: genuine Roman blue glass eye bead, 1 century BCE

Ancient Roman glass beads: genuine Roman blue glass eye bead, 1 century BCE

$ 100.32

Availability: 15 in stock
  • Color: Blue
  • Condition: Good condition, intact.
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Unknown
  • Material: Glass
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted

    Description

    Roman eye bead
    1 century BCE to 1 century
    Eastern Mediterranean
    Cylindrical bead- a segment of glass tube. Multiple white glass eyes with amber center.
    Most of eyes are intact.
    Max diameter: 15 mm
    Height: 13 mm
    For similar published beads in museum collections see:
    -Véronique 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. 220 # 299-52, 58, 57.
    - Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1975, table 15: 70.