I century A.D., Egypt, mosaic cane glass, Roman period.
Green glass matrix with central band of four alternating sections with rosette and four face-sections. Round face with features in black (dark purple) glass on white background and outside dark purple border. Intact, very good condition.
Height 19, diameter18 mm
For identical published bead see:
- 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. 208: 289
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I century BC- I century A.D., Alexandria, Ptolemaic Egypt.
Green glass matrix with central band of alternating sections depicting Apis bull and face - sections. Three mosaic cane glass sections with round face with features in dark purple glass, outlined in black (dark purple) glass with blue background. And three mosaic cane sections with Apis, the sacred bull with his distinguish features and white markings with outside yellow glass border. A true masterpiece of the mosaic glass technique from the time of Cleopatra.
Intact, good condition, extremely rare. Height 16 mm, diameter 18 mm.
For similar mosaic cane see:
- Corning Museum of Glass accession number 59.1.94 H
- 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. 389: 640
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I century A.D., Roman period. Red glass matrix with central band of seven cane-sections depicting a face. Round face with features in dark purple, outlined in black (dark purple) with outside yellow border. Mosaic glass band consisted of just face cane sections is unknown and unique. Intact with one matrix chip, weathered, surface is stabilized. Height 14 mm x diameter 16 mm.
For mosaic cane with similar face features see:
- Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1982, table 48: 35-37
- M.Spaer. Ancient glass in the Israel Museum. Beads and other small objects, Jerusalem, 2001, p. 123: 206
- Véronique 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. 208: 289
AVAILABLE
I-II centuries A.D., 3 faces. D. 15 mm, H. 13 mm, intact.
For similar face beads see:
- M. Tempelmann-Maczynska, Die Perlen der römischen Kaiserzeit und der frühen Phase der Völkerwanderungszeit im mitteleuropäischen Barbaricum. Rom. Germ. Forsch. 43, 1985, taf 12 #369
- Véronique 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. 208: 288
- Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1982, table 48: 30
- M.Spaer. Ancient glass in the Israel Museum. Beads and other small objects, Jerusalem, 2001, p. 124: 205-206
$ 5000
I century A.D., 5 faces. D. 17, H. 14 mm, intact.
For similar face beads see:
- Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1982, table 48: 28
- M.Spaer. Ancient glass in the Israel Museum. Beads and other small objects, Jerusalem, 2001, p. 124: 206
- D. Selling, "Mosaikpärlor med Ansiktsmasker", 1942, Fornvännen 7, pp 23-48, fig. 4
SOLD
I century BC - I century A.D., Ptolemaic Egypt, Alexandria. 3 faces. D. 17, H. 15 mm, ancient chip on matrix, otherwise intact.
For similar face beads see:
- Véronique 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. 159: # 204-12
- Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1982, table 48: 29
- D. Selling, "Mosaikpärlor med Ansiktsmasker", 1942, Fornvännen 7, pp 23-48, fig. 3
SOLD
I century A.D., 5 faces. D. 17, H. 15 mm, minor ancient chip, otherwise intact.
For similar face beads see:
- Metropolitan Museum # 13.198.7, Smith Fund, 1913, 13
- Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1982, table 48: 28
- M.Spaer. Ancient glass in the Israel Museum. Beads and other small objects, Jerusalem, 2001, p. 124: 206
- D. Selling, "Mosaikpärlor med Ansiktsmasker", 1942, Fornvännen 7, pp 23-48, fig. 3
SOLD
I century A.D., 5 faces. D. 15, H. 14 mm, intact.
For similar face beads see:
- Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1982, table 48: 28
- M.Spaer. Ancient glass in the Israel Museum. Beads and other small objects, Jerusalem, 2001, p. 124: 206
- D. Selling, "Mosaikpärlor med Ansiktsmasker", 1942, Fornvännen 7, pp 23-48, fig. 3
SOLD
I-II century A.D., 3 faces. D. 15, H. 16 mm, intact.
For beads with similar face mosaic cane see:
- Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1982, table 48: 40-41
- M.Spaer. Ancient glass in the Israel Museum. Beads and other small objects, Jerusalem, 2001, p. 124: 208
SOLD
I century A.D., 3 faces. D. 15, H. 14 mm, intact. For similar face beads see:
- M. Tempelmann-Maczynska, Die Perlen der römischen Kaiserzeit und der frühen Phase der Völkerwanderungszeit im mitteleuropäischen Barbaricum. Rom. Germ. Forsch. 43, 1985, taf 12 #369
- Véronique 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. 208: 288
- Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1982, table 48: 29,30
- M.Spaer. Ancient glass in the Israel Museum. Beads and other small objects, Jerusalem, 2001, p. 124: 205-206
SOLD
I century A.D., 3 faces. D. 15, H. 14 mm, intact. For similar face beads see:
- M. Tempelmann-Maczynska, Die Perlen der römischen Kaiserzeit und der frühen Phase der Völkerwanderungszeit im mitteleuropäischen Barbaricum. Rom. Germ. Forsch. 43, 1985, taf 12 #369
- Véronique 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. 208: 288
- Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1982, table 48: 29,30
- M.Spaer. Ancient glass in the Israel Museum. Beads and other small objects, Jerusalem, 2001, p. 124: 205-206
SOLD
I century A.D., pierced mosaic glass face cane.
D. 11 mm, H. 5 mm, intact.
For similar face beads see:
- Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1982, table 48: 38
- M.Spaer. Ancient glass in the Israel Museum. Beads and other small objects, Jerusalem, 2001, p. 124: 208
- D. Selling, "Mosaikpärlor med Ansiktsmasker", 1942, Fornvännen 7, pp 23-48, fig. 4
$ 900
I century A.D., pierced mosaic glass face cane.
D. 11 mm, H. 4 mm, intact.
For similar face beads see:
- Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1982, table 48: 40
- M. Spaer. Ancient glass in the Israel Museum. Beads and other small objects, Jerusalem, 2001, p. 124: 208
SOLD
I century A.D. Egypt. Central band is composed of five cane sections of blue lotus (Nymphaea caerulea), - a symbolic depiction of resurrection: the lotus sinks underwater at night and re-emerges in the morning to bloom again. Intact, very good condition. Height 14 mm, diameter 17 mm.
For similar beads see:
-Véronique 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. 159: 204-10
-Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1982, table 48: 14,15
$ 1500
I century A.D. Egypt. Central band is composed of five cane sections of blue lotus (Nymphaea caerulea), - a symbolic depiction of resurrection: the lotus sinks underwater at night and re-emerges in the morning to bloom again. Intact, very good condition. Height 16 mm, diameter 16 mm.
For similar beads see:
-Véronique 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. 159: 204-10
-Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1982, table 48: 14,15
$ 1500
I century A.D. Egypt. Central band is composed of five cane sections of blue lotus (Nymphaea caerulea), - a symbolic depiction of resurrection: the lotus sinks underwater at night and re-emerges in the morning to bloom again. Intact, very good condition. Height 13 mm, diameter 14 mm.
For similar beads see:
-Véronique 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. 159: 204-10
-Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1982, table 48: 14
$ 1300
I century BC- 1 century A.D. Ptolemaic Egypt. White glass with central band, composed of two mirrored rows of "running waves" on yellow background. Intact, good condition. Height 17 mm, diameter 17 mm.
For similar beads see:
- Véronique 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. 207: 284. For the same mosaic cane: p.378: 612.
- M.Spaer. Ancient glass in the Israel Museum. Beads and other small objects, Jerusalem, 2001, p.123: 203
- Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1982, table 48:23
$ 1800
1 century A.D. Egypt. Green-blue glass with central band, composed of two mirrored rows of "running waves" on yellow background. Intact, good condition. Height 17 mm, diameter 15 mm.
For similar beads see:
- Véronique 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. 207: 284. For the same mosaic cane: p.378: 612.
- M.Spaer. Ancient glass in the Israel Museum. Beads and other small objects, Jerusalem, 2001, p.123: 203
- Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1982, table 48: 22-23
$ 1300
1 century A.D. Egypt. Green-blue glass with central band, composed of two mirrored rows of "running waves" on yellow background. Intact, good condition. Height 15 mm, diameter 15 mm.
For similar beads see:
- Véronique 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. 207: 284. For the same mosaic cane: p.378: 612.
- M.Spaer. Ancient glass in the Israel Museum. Beads and other small objects, Jerusalem, 2001, p.123: 203
- Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1982, table 48: 22-23
$ 1500
1 century A.D. Roman. Bead's matrix is formed by folding a premanufactured mosaic strip over a rod. Central band is composed of four square sections of quatrefoil leaves and concentric cane section in between. Intact, good condition.
Height 15 mm, diameter 16 mm.
For published archaeological examples see:
- Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1982, table 48: 1,2
- M. Tempelmann-Maczynska, Die Perlen der römischen Kaiserzeit und der frühen Phase der Völkerwanderungszeit im mitteleuropäischen Barbaricum. Rom. Germ. Forsch. 43, 1985. taf. 11: 356a
$ 1300
1-2 century A.D. Roman. Bead's matrix is formed by folding a premanufactured mosaic strip over a rod. Central band is composed of five square sections of quatrefoil leaves. Intact, very good condition.
Height 15 mm, diameter 16 mm.
For published archaeological examples see:
- Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1982, table 48: 1,2
- M. Tempelmann-Maczynska, Die Perlen der römischen Kaiserzeit und der frühen Phase der Völkerwanderungszeit im mitteleuropäischen Barbaricum. Rom. Germ. Forsch. 43, 1985. taf. 11: 356a
$ 1500