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Object NameBead with Applied Decoration
Made FromGlass
Date499-1 BCE
Place Madeprobably Egypt
Techniquetooled, applied
SizeOverall D: 1.5-1.9 cm
Accession Number54.1.147-1
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTranslucent yellow-brown glass appearing black, translucent deep blue glass, opaque white, opaque yellow, and turquoise glass; formed on a core or wire, trail decorated, tooled. Dark blue glass, slight weathering and pitting, two flattened blue spheres held together by an opaque yellow part forming a groove and a hole.
Provenance
Source Fahim Kouchakji (b. Syria, 1886-1976)