Gold foil eyes

281EA
Gold-foil eye bead
Date: 1 century
Egypt


Red (oxidized to green) glass matrix with six of 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 16 mm, diameter 19 mm.

For similar beads in museum collections see:
- Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1978, table 14: 88