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Ancient Roman bead with mosaic cane eyes 292EAAncient bead with mosaic cane eyes 292EA
Ancient Roman bead with mosaic cane eyes 292EAAncient Roman bead with mosaic cane eyes 292EAaAncient Roman bead with mosaic cane eyes 292EA
Description

292EA
Mosaic eye bead
Date: 1 century
Egypt


Red glass matrix with five mosaic cane eyes white/brown/yellow. 
Intact, perfect condition. All eyes are intact. 2 minor manufacture cavities on the matrix. 
Height 15 mm, diameter 17 mm.

For similar beads in museum collections see:
- Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1978, table 14: 98 (for the same mosaic cane eyes)