Mosaic eye

356EA
Mosaic eye bead
3-1 century BCE
Mediterranean region & Persia

Rod formed, wound dark glass matrix. Seven eyes of sliced mosaic cane with cross-section of alternative white, blue and white concentric canes around blue center. 
Intact, very good condition. All eyes are intact. Max diameter: 10 mm Height: 8 mm

For similar beads see:

- Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1975, table 15: 34.
- 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. 132,  #185-21.
- Tombodama Art Museum, 1996, p.43 cat. 41 different color matrix.