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

Exhibition of East Asiatic Glass

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