bead
Object NameBead
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1550-1190 BCE
Place MadeEgypt
Techniqueapplied, tooled
SizeOverall D: 2.3 cm
Accession Number54.1.136
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTranslucent deep blue glass, bubbly with much white stone, applied trails of opaque white and opaque yellow, large blister, some pitting, dull surface otherwise unweathered; formed on a cylindrical core, trail-decorated and tooled. A medium barrel-shaped bead approaching spherical form, the greatest diameter accented by three heavy trails of opaque white marvered into the surface, the resulting zones at top and bottom decorated with vertical lozenges of opaque yellow, six on top and bottom radiating around suspension hole.Provenance
Source
Fahim Kouchakji
(b. Syria, 1886-1976)
