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Object NameBead
Made FromGlass
Date1400-1250 BCE
Place Madepossibly Greece, Peloponnese; possibly Greece, Crete
Techniquemold-pressed
SizeOverall L: 2.9 cm, W: 1.3 cm
Accession Number76.1.12
Credit LineGift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass from the Ancient World
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTranslucent deep blue glass with heavy iridescent white weathering crust over surface; mold-pressed, suspension holes on top and bottom made while casting. Rectangular bead, now preserves a rectangular bar across top outlined with relief dots, depressed central section preserves half of a circle outlined in relief dots surrounded by a double row of relief dots curling down to form a volute at the bottom of the element.
Provenance
Source Derek Content - 1976-01-01
Source Carl Sandler Berkowitz - 1976-01-01
Former Collection Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982) - 1950-05
Former Collection Zoumboulakis - 1950-05