bead
Object NameBead (Tombodama type)
Artist
Kyoyu Asao
(Japanese, about 1918-1984)
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1978
Place MadeJapan, Osaka
SizeOverall H: 3 cm, Diam: 2.2 cm; Bore Diam: 0.6 cm
Accession Number80.6.1 J
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionOpaque pale yellow glass; globular form, inset with cane fragments in a pattern of four individual units in light blue petal forms about a central brown dot, flanked in each instance by interspersing vertical rows of a central unit with red center surrounded by petals in brown, and above and below this units in brown swirling lines.Provenance
Source
Kyoyu Asao
(Japanese, about 1918-1984) - 1980-04-14
75-125
about 399-300 BCE