bead
Object Name4 Millefiori Beads
Made FromGlass
Date99 BCE-99 CE
Place MadeRoman Empire
SizeSee Individual Records
Accession Number54.1.151
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical Description(I) Opaque green glass; slight pitting and wear marks; tooled, with millefiori decoration; sphere with hole; black, white, red and yellow fern pattern and yellow, red and white canes. (II) Translucent greenish-blue glass; slight pitting, wear marks and weathering; tooled, with millefiori decoration; sphere with hole; between red rims green "blossoms" and light blue, white and red canes. (III) Translucent blue glass; slight pitting, weathering and wear marks; tooled, with millefiori decoration; irregular sphere with hole; white, red and yellow canes in blue glass. (IV) Translucent dark blue glass; pitting and wear marks; tooled, with millefiori decoration; flattened sphere with hole; canes: amber, black and white star-like wheel, small bits.Provenance
Source
Fahim Kouchakji
(b. Syria, 1886-1976)
99 BCE-99 CE
99 BCE-99 CE
probably 250-1 BCE
225-100 BCE
99 BCE-99 CE
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