Glass mosaic face bead 1st century Roman, Eastern Mediterranean Opaque red ground, with details in opaque yellow, white, red, and grayish green, and translucent purple, appearing of an irregular oval mosaic composite bar; flat with rough edges; hole diagonally through face, distorted on one side; hair rendered as alternating vertical black and white stripes on forehead; almond-shaped eyes, eyebrows, nose, and round mouth with red lips; green stripe around ; slight dulling and faces on these flat beads are so small and indistinguishable th
Glass mosaic face bead 1st century Roman, Eastern Mediterranean Opaque red ground, with details in opaque yellow, white, red, and grayish green, and translucent purple, appearing of an irregular oval mosaic composite bar; flat with rough edges; hole diagonally through face, distorted on one side; hair rendered as alternating vertical black and white stripes on forehead; almond-shaped eyes, eyebrows, nose, and round mouth with red lips; green stripe around ; slight dulling and faces on these flat beads are so small and indistinguishable that it is impossible to tell if they are meant to be men, women, children, or Glass mosaic face bead 254701 Roman, Eastern Mediterranean, Glass mosaic face bead, 1st century , Glass, Diam.: 3/8 in. (1 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Rogers Fund, 1952 ()
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