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Genuine ancient Roman beads: Roman mosaic glass reticella bead, 1 century BCE
Genuine ancient Roman beads: Roman mosaic glass reticella bead, 1 century BCE
Genuine ancient Roman beads: Roman mosaic glass reticella bead, 1 century BCE

Genuine ancient Roman beads: Roman mosaic glass reticella bead, 1 century BCE

$ 739.2

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Egypt
  • Condition: Used
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Color: Multi-Color
  • Material: Glass
  • Featured Refinements: Ancient Roman reticella bead

    Description

    Roman reticella bead
    Date: 1 century BCE
    Mosaic glass
    Compressed sphere - shaped bead's matrix is formed over a rod. White trails applied at the each end. Premanufactured reticella cane of twisted translucent and white glass applied along equatorial line.
    Intact, excellent condition.
    Height 11 mm, diameter 14 mm
    For similar beads in museum collection 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. 81, 141a