A published Group of Millefiori, Mosaic and Eye Glass Beads, Roman Imperial Period, ca. 1st century BCE/CE Amulets Seals Scarabs carefully carved to take advantage

carefully carved to take advantage of the high concentration of white mineral inclusions

the Zoological Society

cf: Coulston

a fat trussed ox with its legs tightly bound beneath its body

and infilling motifs including dotted rosettes and semicircles

A published Group of Millefiori, Mosaic and Eye Glass Beads, Roman Imperial Period, ca. 1st century BCE/CE Amulets Seals Scarabs carefully carved to take advantageThis stunning necklace features eight distinct multicolor glass millefiori cylindrical beads, each adorned with various stylized floral motifs and solid color borders. These beads are enhanced by ovoid glass eye beads, along with antique 18K gold spacer beads in the Etruscan style. Background: "Millefiori," which translates to "a thousand flowers" in Italian, refers to a popular floral design pattern. Millefiori beads, a type of mosaic glass, were