bead
Object NameGold Band Bead
Made FromGlass, Gold
Date75 BCE-25 CE
Place MadeRoman Empire; possibly Egypt, Alexandria; possibly Rome
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)
Exhibitions
Life on a String: 35 Centuries of the Glass Bead
Not On View
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.Provenance
Source
Derek Content
- 1976-01-01
Source
Carl Sandler Berkowitz
- 1976-01-01
Former Collection
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982)
