bead

Object NameEye Bead

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 399-300 BCE

TechniqueCoiled

SizeOverall H: 2 cm, Diam: 2 cm

Accession Number51.6.549 A

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Place Made

China

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.
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