An ancient Roman period warty bead, dating 1st century BC - 5th century AD. A warty globular bead of black opaque glass. It is decorated with eight symmetrically arranged relief six-layer blue-white-black-white-black-white eyes, the core of which is made of blue glass. Eyes are applied by dripping liquid glass onto a workpiece. Height: 10,5 mm Diameter: 13,5 mm Provenance: Private British collection of N.S., till 1960. Since 1960 in a private British collection of Mr. B.W. Bought by the current owner in 2019 in London, from C.B. who had owned the item since 2010 Certificate of Authenticity in PDF will be sent upon request. We do our best to ensure that our photos are as true to color as possible. However, due to photographic lighting sources, and inconsistencies of various monitor settings, we cannot guarantee that the color you see accurately portrays the true color of the product.