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TWO MEDITERRANEAN GLASS COMPOUND EYE-BEADS
TWO MEDITERRANEAN GLASS COMPOUND EYE-BEADS

CIRCA 6TH-5TH CENTURY B.C.

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TWO MEDITERRANEAN GLASS COMPOUND EYE-BEADS
circa 6th-5th century b.c.
Both of opaque green glass, cylindrical in form, both with two light brown ovals on opaque white filled with three dark blue on white eyes, the ovals surrounded by a series of opaque white and yellow protruding knobs
.7/8 in. (2.2 cm) long (2)

拍品專文

For a recent discussion of compound eye beads see p. 198 in Stern and Schlick-Nolte, Early Glass of the Ancient World, 1600 B.C.-A.D. 50, Ernesto Wolf Collectoin, where it is suggested that this form of bead might be an Italian variant.