Ancient Roman Striped Glass Bead, Z Venetian large hand-carved frog on a

large hand-carved frog on a lily pad netsuke

5" long with hinge and pin closure — see photo for details

30 inch strand plus 8 inches of string at top

recently tumble-polished to remove the dirt

glass teardrop bead measures 10mm tall x 6mm diameter

Ancient Roman Striped Glass Bead, Z Venetian large hand-carved frog on aRare red glass eye bead with white stripe. Roman glass bead over 2,000 years old! This bead was excavated in Djenne, Mali in West Africa. This bead, and others like it, were traded along the Sahara trade route, The Silk Road. 14mm diameter with 3mm hole. This a very unique one, and in excellent condition!