bead
Object NamePaired Eye Bead
Made FromGlass
Date600-250 BCE
Place Madepossibly Eastern Mediterranean
TechniqueFormend on a rod, trail-decorated
SizeOverall D: 1.6 cm
Accession Number54.1.140-4
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Life on a String: 35 Centuries of the Glass Bead
Past | Present: Expanding the Stories of Glass
Not On View
Physical DescriptionPaired Eye Bead. Translucent deep blue, translucent green, translucent greenish-grey, translucent blue-green, turquoise, opaque white, and opaque yellow glass, various lightly weathered surfaces; formed on a rod, trail-decorated. Short barrel-shaped bead of greenish-blue glass, four sets of double eyes arranged like figure-eights, the eyes with blue centers on an alternating white and blue ground, all are marvered into the surface.Provenance
Source
Fahim Kouchakji
(b. Syria, 1886-1976)
600-250 BCE
1400-1350 BCE
999 BCE-999 CE
99 BCE-1951
1400-1200 BCE
600-250 BCE