bead
Object NameEye Bead
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 399-300 BCE
Place MadeChina
TechniqueCoiled
SizeOverall H: 2 cm, Diam: 2 cm
Accession Number51.6.549 A
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionOpaque dark blue and white glasses; coiled. Slightly columnar; three compound-eye units around waist, each composed of an opaque white oval and an opaque dark oval; seven "eyes" of opaque white glass with overlaid dark blue centers; interspersed with six large stratified eye motifs of alternating opaque white and opaque dark blue layers; augmented by nine smaller four-layered units.Provenance
Source
Nellie B. Hussey
- 1951
