Mosaic Glass Bead from Roman Egypt

Metropolitan Museum of Art

by Metropolitan Museum of Art
published on 26 January 2018

Mosaic Glass Bead from Roman Egypt — This 1st Century CE Millefiori-formed glass bead from Alexandria, Egypt is a part of the collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. On its surface is a complex and beautiful pattern of multi-coloured stars, stripes and flecks.

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