Eye bead

353EM
Eye bead 
European Migration period, Germanic tribes
6 century AD

Green- turquoise color matrix with three mosaic cane eyes: blue in white in red. 

Intact. Good condition. D. 10 mm x H. 9 mm 

They have been found in Europe in different cultural context: Frankish, Ostrogoth, Alemani and other Germanic tribes.

For published examples in museum collections see:

Fundamental research:  Koch, Ursula. Das Reihengräberfeld bei Schretzheim. Berlin, 1977. Teil 1-Text ;Teil 2- Katalog und Tafeln, farbtafel 1: 9.2

-  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, 2011, p. 220, cat 299-24.