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Object Name11 Ehr Tang (Ear Ornaments)
Made FromGlass
Date206 BCE-220 CE
Place MadeChina
Techniqueformed, tooled, ground
SizeSee Individual Records
Accession Number58.6.1
Credit LineGift of Alan Priest
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical Description11 Ehr Tang (Ear Ornaments). Transparent dark blue glass; formed, tooled and ground. (A) Tubular "capstan form; one end flaring slightly, the other more widely flared; tiny bead ground at intact rim edge; (B) probably transparent dark blue glass; flaring at each end; (C) one end flaring slightly, the other more widely flared; tiny ground bevel at each rim edge; (D) shading to almost colorless; one end flaring slightly, the other more widely flared; tiny ground bevel on each end; (E) probably transparent dark blue glass; sheared off at one end, the other widely flared; ground bevel on rim of flare is wider than usual, in relief; (F) glass becoming nearly colorless at thin edge; one end flaring slightly, the other more widely flared; tiny ground bevel at each rim edge; (G) probably transparent dark blue glass; one end flaring slightly, the other more widely flared; tiny ground bevel on each rim; (H) one end flaring slightly, the other more widely flared; tiny ground bevel at wider rim's edge, and probably also at other rim; (I) nearly colorless at the thin and fragile widely flaring end; one end flaring slightly, the other more widely flared; tiny ground bevel at each rim edge; (J) one end flaring slightly, the other more widely flared; one pit, perhaps a broken bubble; (K) nearly colorless at thin flaring rim; one end flaring slightly, the other more widely flared; tiny ground bevel at each rim edge.Provenance
