bead
Object NameBead (fused mosaic)
Made FromGlass
Date99 BCE-99 CE
Place MadeRoman Empire; probably Eastern Mediterranean; possibly Egypt
TechniqueMosaic glass technique, cased
SizeOverall D: 1.2 cm, Th: 4.5 mm
Accession Number54.1.154
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Exhibitions
Designs in Miniature: The Story of Mosaic Glass
Not On View
Physical DescriptionOpaque light blue, opaque dark blue, opaque white, opaque red, and translucent green glass, pitted and weathered with both surfaces reground recently; mosaic glass technique. Stylized face cane consists of white with features outlined in blue, open mouth in blue is outlined in red, "beard" in red surrounds lower half of face, upper half alternating dark blue and white squares suggesting hair, pupils in yellow-green glass probably the same as the thin circle surrounding the entire head (now heavily weathered); the entire cane is cased with a thick light blue band and horizontally pierced for suspension.Provenance
Source
Fahim Kouchakji
(b. Syria, 1886-1976)
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