bead
Object NameBead
Made FromGlass
Date1400-1300 BCE
Place MadeEgypt
Techniquetooled, decorated
SizeOverall H: 1.9 cm, Hole D: 4 mm
Accession Number54.1.146-1
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionTranslucent deep blue, translucent greenish-blue, opaque white and opaque yellow glass, all bubbly with stone, some surface dulling, otherwise unweathered; all are tooled and trail decorated, formed on a wire or rod. Pear-shaped bead, deep blue body with an opaque white trail applied in a zigzag decoration around the greatest diameter and a second horizontal trail applied at neck now broken away; base slightly concave at suspension hole, vertically pierced.Provenance
Source
Fahim Kouchakji
(b. Syria, 1886-1976)
