Description: Byzantine / Islamic mosaic glass beads Date: 8 - 9 century Mosaic glassFlattened bead's matrix is made up of sections of premanufactured mosaic cane, consisted of blue and white canes, positioned around yellow in red-in white center. Intact, very good condition. Height 13 mm, length 10 mm, width 6 mmFor similar published beads in museum collections see: -R. Andrae, Mosaikaugenperlen. Untersuchungen zur Verbreitung und Datierung karolingerzeitlicher Millefioriglasperlen in Europa. Acta Praehistorica et Archaeologica 4, 1973, pl.10 - J. Callmer,Trade beads and bead trade in Scandinavia ca. 800-1000 A.D., 1977, pl.IV: H001 (mosaic cane). - V. Kovalevskaya, Komputernaya obrabotka massovogo arhaeologicheskogo materiala is rannesrednevekovih pamyatnikov Evrasii, Moscow, 2000, #257-259.
Price: 175 USD
Location: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
End Time: 2025-01-07T03:46:25.000Z
Shipping Cost: 10 USD
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Origin: Byzantine
Type: Single Beads
Color: Multi-Color
Material: Glass
Time Period Manufactured: Pre-1400
Country/Region of Manufacture: Unknown
Handmade: Yes
Modified Item: No
