bead

Object NameBead

Made FromGlass

Date475-221 BCE

Place MadeChina

TechniqueBeadmaking

SizeOverall Diam: 1.2 cm, L: 3.5 cm

Accession Number95.6.8

Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Not On View

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

蜻蜓眼玻璃管珠

Physical DescriptionBead. Semi-opaque blue glass, appearing almost black in reflected light, with semi- opaque blue and opaque white inlays; beadmaking. Bead: cylindrical, tapered at ends, with perforation 0.55 cm in diameter. Completely covered with decoration arranged in two continuous bands with edges parallel to ends of bead. Each band has outer border consisting of two continuous parallel lines and inner, shared border consisting of three continuous parallel lines. Decoration within each band consists of three contiguous lozenges which touch inner and outer borders; each lozenge contains circular inlay at center and smaller circular inlays at all four angles; triangles between borders and each pair of lozenges all contain circular inlay at center and three smaller circular inlays at angles. Linear and small circular inlays are filled with white glass; larger circular inlays are filled with "eyes" with blue centers and three concentric rings of white, blue, and white.
Provenance

Source Jerome Strauss (1893-1978) - 1979-03-22

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475-221 BCE

475-221 BCE

probably 99-1 BCE

probably 99 BCE-499 CE

inlay

799-1 BCE

brooch

950-1100