COLLECTION OF ROMAN MOSAIC GLASS BEADS WITH FACES

Ca. 100 BC - AD 100. > A collection of five polychrome mosaic glass beads of globular and rectangular shapes. The beads are decorated with human faces and busts composed from mosaic canes in white, black, red and yellow, set within contrasting geometric borders and coloured fields. > For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 52.11.16. > Size: 12-14mm x 5-13mm; Weight: 14g > Provenance: Prince Collection, 1990s–2014; ex. private collection, 1970s–1990s. > > >

Estimate:$133.28

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