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Medieval glass beads: genuine iridescent Byzantine / Islamic mosaic glass bead

$ 23.76

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

    Description

    Byzantine / Islamic mosaic glass bead
    Date: 7 - 9 century
    Mosaic cane glass
    Bead's matrix is perforated section of premanufactured mosaic cane, consisted of concentric blue, white, red with yellow center.
    Intact, good condition. Surface is totally iridescent.
    Height 8 mm, diameter 10 mm
    For published similar beads see:
    - A.Panini, Middle Eastern and Venetian Glass Beads, Skira, 2007, p. 52 #51, p. 58 #80