**Originally Listed At $300**

Classical World, Graeco-Roman period, ca. 2nd to 1st century BCE. A fine gathering of four glass beads, each with a suspension hole through the central body. Two of the beads exhibit a palette of vibrant colors which are gently tooled to form linear patterns. One bead has a black-and-white chromatic program that displays gently-feathered patterns. Last is an "eye" bead, so named because of how the colorful concentric circles resemble eyes, with a fragment of the iron strand on which it was originally strung. Size of largest (colorful): 0.875" W x 0.8" H (2.2 cm x 2 cm).

Provenance: private East Coast, USA collection

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#143002

All beads but the smallest repaired from multiple pieces with small chips and light adhesive residue along break lines. Light weathering film across surfaces, with some darkening commensurate with age. Light earthen deposits within suspension holes. Eye bead has fragment of original iron strand within suspension hole.