Description

A spherical bead of red opaque glass, dating C. 5th – 3th century BC. The base of the bead is made by winding a glass mass onto a tool; decorated with 12 multi-layered white-blue-white-blue-white-blue eyes, applied by dripping liquid glass onto the blank.

Height: 18,5

Diameter: 20 mm

Weight: 9,6 g

Provenance: Till 1960 in the private British collection of N.S. Since 1960 in a private British collection of Mr. B.W. Bought by the current owner in 2019 in London, from C.B. who had owned the item since 2010