bead

Object NameNecklace of Beads

Made FromGlass, faience, quartz

Date299 BCE-99 CE

TechniqueWound, molded, glazed, ground

SizeWound Bead Diam: 5 mm; Pendant L: 3 cm; Triangular Bead L: 2 cm

Accession Number74.7.10

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Place Made

Iran, probably Amlash

Physical DescriptionDeep blue glass beads (25), blue-green faience beads (90), deep blue and green glazed opaque white quartz pebbles, assorted shapes and sizes (25); glass beads are wound, faience beads are molded and glazed, quartz pebbles are chipped, ground and glazed. Central pendant is long roughly drop shaped form longitudinally pierced, on either side, four cylindrical faience beads are separated by a single blue wound glass bead, all quartz elements are separated from each other by a similar configuration; necklace is restrung with alternating globular quartz pebbles (10) alternating with large (4) and small (10) fan or roughly triangular shaped quartz elements.
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