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Ancient mosaic glass bead with checkerboard red and yellow pattern

Ancient mosaic checkerboard bead 163MSA

Ancient glass bead with checkerboard red & yellow mosaic canes

Description

163MSA
Mosaic checkerboard bead
Roman period
1- 2 century
Mosaic cane glass

Fused together section of the same complex mosaic cane. Manufactured in several stages, complex mosaic cane consists of square-in-sections yellow and red glass sub-canes.
Intact, excellent condition.
Height 12 mm, diameter 16 mm.

For published archaeological examples see:

-Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1982, table 49: 68