A large Roman Glass Trail Bead, ca. 1st - 2nd century CE

Barrel matrix, glass wound around sand/clay core. Spirally applied white trail, dragged in the same directions, forming festoons.For related published examples see:-Véronique Arveiller-Dulong, Marie-Dominique Nenna. Les Verres antiques du Musée du Louvre III : Parure, instruments et éléments d’incrustation, Paris, Éditions du Louvre, Somogy, 2011, p. 166: 208-13-Alexeeva E.M. Antichniye busi severnogo prichernomoriya, Academy of Science, Moscow, 1978, table 30: 63Condition: Intact and in very good condition overallDimensions: Length: 3/4 inch (1.9 cm), Width: 7/8 inch (2.2 cm)Provenance: The Hauge Collection of Ancient Art, assembled between 1962 and 1966. Foreign service brothers, Victor and Osborne Hauge, together with their wives Takako and Gratia, assembled their collection of Persian, Japanese, Chinese, and Southeast Asian works of fine and folk art while stationed overseas with the US government after WWII. In consultation with academics and dealers, the Hauges assembled over two