bead
Object NameMosaic Checkerboard Bead
Made FromGlass
Date99 BCE-99 CE
Place MadeRoman Empire; possibly Egypt; possibly Eastern Mediterranean
TechniqueWound, fused
SizeOverall H: 1.4 cm, Diam: 1.7 cm
Accession Number72.1.10
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Designs in Miniature: The Story of Mosaic Glass
Life on a String: 35 Centuries of the Glass Bead
Masterpieces of Germanic Glass, 15th-19th centuries
Not On View
Physical DescriptionMosaic Checkerboard Bead. Muddy green glass matrix overlaid with canes of opaque white, opaque yellow, opaque red, and "black" glass, some surface dulling and weathering product on white glass; wound on a core. Rounded biconical shape, entire surface covered with a checkerboard pattern somewhat uneven and sagged.Provenance
Source
E. E. Moore
- 1972-06-19
