Roman Hand-Blown Glass Bead Pendant pius and the fierce myths of

and the fierce myths of the Amazons

Each bead is a fragment of Roman daily life

This example preserves especially fine detail

Trajan was remembered by the Romans as the greatest emperor who ever ruled

when glassmaking reached extraordinary levels of refinement

Roman Hand-Blown Glass Bead Pendant pius and the fierce myths ofFormed 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.