Bead with figure of a goddes (Aphrodite Anadyomene?)

Art Historical Context

This exquisite glass bead, measuring just 2.5 cm high, captures the graceful figure of a goddess—possibly Aphrodite Anadyomene, the Greek deity rising from the sea-foam—crafted during Egypt's Ptolemaic or Roman Period (100 BC–100 AD). Donated to the Metropolitan Museum of Art in1910 by Helen Miller Gould, it hails from the Egyptian Art collection, highlighting the era's vibrant fusion of Hellenistic Greek and native Egyptian cultures under Ptolemaic rulers like Cleopatra's dynasty and later Roman influence. The bead's medium—translucent glass sandwiching shimmering gold foil—demonstrates adva...