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Object Name6 Mosaic Beads
Made FromGlass
Date299-1 BCE
Place Madeprobably Egypt
Techniquetooled with impressed decoration
SizeSee Individual Records
Accession Number54.1.12
Curatorial Area(s)
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Physical Description6 Mosaic Beads. Opaque mosaic or millefiori glass; slight weathering; tooled with impressed decoration; tube shape with a hole for the thread through the axis. (I) Black paste; white, green, yellow, red and turquoise blue spots; (II) green paste with yellow not completely imbedded stripes; (III) black paste; red-brown, white, yellow, turquoise blue and green mosaic-like pattern; (IV) blackish blue and blackish green paste with blue and white millefiori canes; (V) black paste; brown and yellow stripes; (VI) grey-green paste; green, yellow and red millefiori canes.
Provenance
Source Fahim Kouchakji (b. Syria, 1886-1976) - 1954-07-01