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Ancient Roman face beads: Genuine Roman mosaic glass face bead, Egypt, 1 century
Ancient Roman face beads: Genuine Roman mosaic glass face bead, Egypt, 1 century
Ancient Roman face beads: Genuine Roman mosaic glass face bead, Egypt, 1 century

Ancient Roman face beads: Genuine Roman mosaic glass face bead, Egypt, 1 century

$ 528

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Material: Glass
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Handmade: Yes
  • Featured Refinements: Ancient Roman mosaic face bead
  • Condition: Used
  • Color: Multi-Color
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Egypt
  • Modified Item: No

    Description

    Roman mosaic cane face bead
    Egypt
    Date: 1 century
    Mosaic glass
    Rod pierced section of complex mosaic cane. Round face with features in "black" glass. Lower part of face is outlined in red glass. The whole head is outlined in "black" glass with outside white glass border.
    Intact, no cracks.
    Height 4 mm, max diameter 13 mm.
    For similar 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. 208: 289
    - Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1982, table 48: 35-38
    - M.Spaer. Ancient glass in the Israel Museum. Beads and other small objects, Jerusalem, 2001, p. 124: 208