Gold foil eyes

285EA
Gold-foil eye bead
Date: 1 century
Egypt


Blue glass matrix with six of mosaic cane eyes red/white/clear glass with gold foil over matrix. 
Intact, perfect condition. All eyes are intact with gold foil clearly visible. Extremely rare.
Height 15 mm, diameter 16 mm.

For similar beads in museum collections see:
- Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1978, table 15: 77 (for the same mosaic cane eyes)