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Object NameComposite Eye Bead

Made FromGlass

Date600-250 BCE

Place Madepossibly Eastern Mediterranean; possibly Carthage

Techniquecore-formed, trail-decorated and tooled

SizeOverall D: 1.2 cm

Accession Number54.1.140-3

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

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Physical DescriptionTranslucent deep blue, translucent green, translucent greenish-grey, translucent blue-green, turquoise, opaque white, and opaque yellow glass, various lightly weathered surfaces; core-formed, trail-decorated and tooled. Short barrel-shaped bead of greenish-grey matrix with composite eyes arranged in two registers at either end, four on one, three on the other, the central dot in blue on a white ground alternating with bands of yellow-brown and white, all have been marvered into the surface and the ends flattened.
Provenance

Source Fahim Kouchakji (b. Syria, 1886-1976)