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Object NameString of 27 Short Beads
Made FromGlass
Date1736-1912
Place MadeChina
Techniquecoiled, pierced
SizeOverall L: about 11.6 cm; Small Beads Diam: about 0.4 cm; Larger Bead H: 0.8 cm, Diam: 0.8 cm; Terminal L: about 1.6 cm
Accession Number64.6.30 A
Credit LineGift of Alan Priest
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTransparent greenish-blue, opaque white, colorless, brown and rose-colored glasses; beads coiled and two terminal pendant drops formed and pierced with suspension holes. Twenty-seven greenish blue and six opaque white small beads, one larger brown spherical bead and a terminal brown drop; undecorated.
Provenance
Source Alan Priest - 1964-01-03