CARTHAGINIAN POLYCHROME GLASS FACE BEAD

Ca. 400 BC. > A dark blue glass face bead with an elongated bearded head and applied yellow face. The eyes are composed of concentric white and blue glass beneath arched dark blue brows, with a projecting yellow nose and small white mouth. Applied spiral curls frame the crown, and the long dark blue beard extends down both sides of the face. > For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 17.194.735; The Corning Museum of Glass, Accession Number 68.1.15; Christie's, Live Auction 8776, Antiquities, 2 May 2013, Lot 2. > Size: 33mm x 23mm; Weight: 12g > Provenance: Prince Collection, 1990s–2014; ex. private collection, 1970s–1990s. > > >

Estimation:€355.81

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