bead
Object NameEye Bead
Made FromGlass
Date399-300 BCE
Place MadeChina
TechniqueFormed on a rod, trail-decorated
SizeOverall H: 1.4 cm, Diam (max): 1.4 cm
Accession Number51.6.572
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Past | Present: Expanding the Stories of Glass
Curiosities of Glassmaking
Life on a String: 35 Centuries of the Glass Bead
Not On View
Physical DescriptionEye Bead. Opaque turquoise-blue glass; formed on a rod, trail-decorated. Very thinly stratified decoration of light opaque white discs of varying sizes, upon each of which is superimposed a brownish disc bearing, further, seven small superimposed opaque white "eyes" with dark centers; at one bore end the edges of the larger white discs form a quadrilateral diamond shape surrounding the bore.Provenance
Source
Ovar Karlbeck
- 1975-05
299-1 BCE
1400-1200 BCE
1-99
1750-1850
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