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Ancient glass beads: genuine ancient Roman gold foil glass bead
Ancient glass beads: genuine ancient Roman gold foil glass bead
Ancient glass beads: genuine ancient Roman gold foil glass bead
Ancient glass beads: genuine ancient Roman gold foil glass bead

Ancient glass beads: genuine ancient Roman gold foil glass bead

$ 23.76

Availability: 100 in stock
  • All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Unknown
  • Condition: Used
  • Time Period Manufactured: Pre-1400
  • Modified Item: No
  • Color: Gold
  • Handmade: Yes
  • Material: Glass

    Description

    Roman gold foil glass bead
    1-2 century
    Eastern Mediterranean or Persia
    Section of the tube with gold foil is in between 2 layers of clear glass
    . Smooth ends.
    Intact, good condition
    .
    Size: D. 8 mm, H. 12 mm
    For similar published examples in museum collections see:
    - Ve´ronique Arveiller-Dulong, Marie-Dominique Nenna.  Les Verres antiques du Musée du Louvre III : Parure, instruments et éléments d’incrustation, Paris, Éditions du Louvre, Somogy, p. 154: #199.
    - Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1978, table 26: 68-71.