Horned eye

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Horned eye bead
1 century BC- 1 century AD
Mediterranean region

Rod formed, wound red matrix. Six protruding eyes of layers in alternative white and blue glass.
Intact, very good condition.
Max diameter: 23 mm
Height: 17 mm

For similar beads see:
-Véronique 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. 171: 210-20