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Object NameBead (Tombodama type)

Artist Kyoyu Asao (Japanese, about 1918-1984)

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 1978

Place MadeJapan, Osaka

SizeOverall H: 2 cm, Diam: 2.2 cm; Bore Diam: 0.5 cm

Accession Number80.6.1 C

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionOpaque gray-white, decorated with a row of eight inset cane fragments of crossed line motifs alternating in dark blue and in dark blue on a circular white disc; and a row above and another below of eight smaller units alternating between dark blue crossed lines and a smaller motif in lighter blue.
Provenance

Source Kyoyu Asao (Japanese, about 1918-1984) - 1980-04-14