Roman Hand-Blown Glass Bead Pendant pius Struck in the years following

Struck in the years following the death of Constantine I

and the fierce myths of the Amazons

when glassmaking reached extraordinary levels of refinement

when Caracalla was still Caesar under Septimius Severus

Struck in Cochin in South India between the 17th and 18th centuries

Roman Hand-Blown Glass Bead Pendant pius Struck in the years followingFormed nearly two millennia ago, this hand blown glass bead dates to the height of the Roman Empire, when glassmaking reached extraordinary levels of refinement. Buried for centuries, its surface has developed a natural iridescence, a rainbow patina created as minerals slowly interacted with the glass. The result is not decoration applied by hand, but color authored by time itself.