Bidspirit auction | PHOENICIAN GLASS DOUBLE-FACE BEAD

PHOENICIAN GLASS DOUBLE-FACE BEAD - Ca. 600 - 400 BC. A mosaic glass tubular bead with stylised faces on opposing sides: one rendered in opaque white glass, the other in turquoise. Each face features large, circular cobalt blue and white eyes and a prominent projecting nose, set against a dark blue ground decorated with applied white spots. For similar see: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Object Number: 17.194.716. Size: 27mm x 19mm; Weight: 13.09g