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Genuine ancient Roman beads: Roman mosaic glass checkerboard bead, 1-3 century

$ 154.7

Availability: 91 in stock
  • Color: Multi-Color
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Egypt
  • Condition: Used
  • Material: Glass
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted

    Description

    Roman checkerboard bead
    Date: 1-3 century
    Mosaic glass
    Folded (the seam is clearly visible) from fused together 3 section of the same complex mosaic cane. Manufactured in several stages, complex mosaic cane consists of square-in-sections sub-canes, placed around a center.
    Intact, good condition.
    Height 11 mm, diameter 14 mm.
    For similar beads in the 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. 158: 203-1, 203-8, 203-13, 203-16