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Object NameSpherical Bead
Made FromGlass
Date1400-1300 BCE
Place Madeprobably Egypt
Techniquewound, trail-decorated, applied
SizeOverall L: 1 cm
Accession Number54.1.142-2
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionAmethyst glass (?) appearing black with trails of opaque white, pitted, dull surface; wound and trail-decorated. Roughly spherical of "black" glass each decorated with three horizontal stripes which run horizontally as the suspension hole, a small dot of white glass is applied in the center of each segment.
Provenance
Source Fahim Kouchakji (b. Syria, 1886-1976) - 1954-07-01
wall mirror
Court Glasshouse
about 1580-1595
Matchables
Corning Inc.
scientific instrument
Corning Inc.
probably 1970-1989
Vizner Collection
František Vízner
2010