Description: Roman mosaic bead Egypt Date: 1-2 century Mosaic glass Barrel shaped bead's matrix is formed by folding a premanufactured mosaic strip over a rod. Central band is composed of two mirrored rows of "running waves".Intact, good condition.Height 16 mm, diameter 14 mmFor 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. 207: 284- M.Spaer. Ancient glass in the Israel Museum. Beads and other small objects, Jerusalem, 2001, p.123: 203- Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1982, table 48:23
Price: 1300 USD
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
End Time: 2024-02-08T20:38:31.000Z
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Country/Region of Manufacture: Egypt
Material: Glass
Color: Multi-Color
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