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Object NameEye Beads
Made FromGlass
Dateprobably 1-1000
Place MadeNorthern Iran
TechniqueFormed on a rod, inset with slices of mosaic cane
SizeOverall L: 24 cm (estimate); Largest Bead Diam: 2.8 cm, Th: 2 cm; Medium Beads Diam (max): 1.1 cm; Smallest Beads Diam (max): 0.8 cm
Accession Number74.1.4
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Ancient Persia: The Art of an Empire
Curiosities of Glassmaking
Past | Present: Expanding the Stories of Glass
Not On View
Physical DescriptionEye Beads. Opaque brick red, opaque light blue, opaque yellowish-green matrices, opaque yellow, transparent light blue and opaque white cane elements, bubbly with surface pitting, thin iridescent film; formed on a rod, inset with slices of mosaic cane. Single large central bead of opaque red glass, eye canes consist of central transparent blue dot surrounded by opaque yellow, liner of blue in a large outer field of opaque yellow; on either side, a small wound opaque green bead, balance of necklace consists of small composite eye beads of green, blue and red matrix, each separated by a wound opaque green bead, opaque white glass surrounds "iris" on small beads. Three red beads differ slightly, being less well made.
Provenance
Source Faradj Anavian - 1974-03-18