Stratified eye

194EA
Stratified eye bead
4 century BC
Persia

Alternative white/ brown glass layers with blue center, 7 eyes, placed in stagger pattern.
Diameter: 1.0 cm
Height:    0.9 cm
Intact.

For similar beads see:
-Kunter K. Glasperlen der vorromischen Eisenzeit IV. Schichtaugenperlen. Marburger Studien, 1995, taf. 3: 52.
-Spaer M., Ancient Glass in the Israel Museum. Beads and other small objects. Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 2001, pl. 7: 98
-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. 169 #2.