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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

$ 277.2

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

    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. Lower part of face is outlined in red. The whole head is outlined in black with outside white border.
    Intact, weathered glass.
    Height 4 mm, diameter 14 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