Gold foil eyes

284EA
Gold-foil eye bead
Date: 1 century
Egypt


Red glass matrix with nine protruding mosaic cane eyes blue/white/clear glass with gold foil over matrix. 
Intact, perfect condition. All eyes are intact with gold foil clearly visible. Extremely rare.
Height 14 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: 88