Mosaic eye

244EA
Mosaic eye bead
2-1 century BC
Mediterranean region & Persia

Rod formed, wound matrix. Seven eyes of sliced mosaic cane with cross-section of alternative white and blue concentric rings around blue center.
Intact, very good condition. Little round cavities are air bubbles formed during manufacturing.
Max diameter: 12 mm
Height:  10 mm

For similar beads see:
- M.Spaer. Ancient glass in the Israel Museum. Beads and other small objects, Jerusalem, 2001, pl. 9: 117
- Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1975, table 14: 5,6
- 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. 81, # 141-d; p. 132,  #185-17.
- Tombodama Art Museum, 1996, p.43 cat. 41-b