bead

Object NameEye Bead

Made FromGlass

Date475-221 BCE

Place MadeChina

TechniqueBeadmaking

SizeOverall Diam: 2.4 cm, Th: 2 cm

Accession Number51.6.554

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Curiosities of Glassmaking

On ViewThe Jerome and Lucille Strauss Study Gallery

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

蜻蜓眼琉璃珠

Physical DescriptionEye Bead. Opaque light green glass; beadmaking. Entire surface background and colored portions of the compound "eyes" now lost leaving only the original white layers of the stratified eyes; heavy from lead content.
Provenance

Source Ovar Karlbeck - 1975-05

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475-221 BCE

600-250 BCE

99 BCE-1951

probably 399-1 BCE

about 399-300 BCE

25 BCE-99 CE