Condition
Intact
Description
The upper and lower parts of the bead appear black now but were originally dark green. There is no base mass, and the back side of the mosaic sections is visible. In the thread hole, the bands appear to have been added onto the central band, which is dark colored. There are three female busts with short hair and necklaces, in a now-white, most probably purple field, outlined in red. The additional plaques are three squares, each filled with four triangular elements facing to the center: two yellow facing each other, and one red and one green facing each other.
Comments and Comparanda
On mosaic face beads, see comments on cat. 534 and 535. For provenance, bibliography, and exhibitions, see group entry, cat. 534.