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Object NameBead
Made FromGlass
Date1400-1200 BCE
Place MadeEgypt
Techniqueformed on cores or wire, trail-decorated, tooled
SizeOverall D: 1.2 cm
Accession Number54.1.141-5
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTranslucent greenish-blue, translucent medium blue, translucent green, translucent greenish-grey, opaque white, and opaque yellow glass, all bubbly with some stone, dull surfaces, some unweathered; formed on cores or wire, trail-decorated, tooled. Flattened disc-shaped bead of green matrix, an amethyst dot in a large white circle forms an eye on one face, a white trail spirally wound with amethyst encircles this, where the trail meets a scar of opaque yellow remains, probably the base of a suspension loop.
Provenance
Source Fahim Kouchakji (b. Syria, 1886-1976) - 1954-07-01