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Object NameGold Band Bead

Made FromGlass, Gold

Date75 BCE-25 CE

TechniqueWound, fused, polished

SizeOverall L: 3.3 cm, Diam: 1.6 cm

Accession Number76.1.24

Credit LineGift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Life on a String: 35 Centuries of the Glass Bead

Place Made

Roman Empire; possibly Egypt, Alexandria; possibly Rome

Physical DescriptionGold Band Bead. Bands of translucent deep blue, emerald-green, and amethyst glass with bands of opaque white and colorless bands casing gold foil, dull and badly chipped at both ends; mosaic or gold glass technique, polished and drilled. Biconical shape design consists of two groups divided by gold bands, the first an opaque white band between two amethyst, then a wide green, followed by opaque white between two deep blue followed by green and amethyst; the second group is an opaque white between two amethyst, then opaque white between blue followed by opaque white between amethyst then green and opaque white between blue; bands run longitudinally having been moved into a zig-zag pattern in places.
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