bead

Object NameBead

Made FromGlass

Date475-221 BCE

TechniqueBeadmaking

SizeOverall Diam: 1.2 cm, L: 3.5 cm

Accession Number95.6.8

Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Interpretive Notes

Web Text

蜻蜓眼玻璃管珠

Place Made

China

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.
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