bead
Object Name65 Beads
Made FromGlass
Date250-552
Place MadeJapan
Techniquecoiled
SizeSee Individual Records
Accession Number62.6.7
Credit LineGift of Dorothy Blair
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical Description(I) Four beads of dark grayish-blue glass, one of light grayish- blue, and one of light green glass; coiled. Spherical form. (II)Translucent grayish-blue glass; probably coiled. Various shapes, some almost tubular, but short, some slightly rounded out; ends flat and rough (unpolished); pitted on surfaces; traces of clay and red pigment from the burial. (III) Five transparent amber-colored glass beads; coiled. Spherical shape. Two transparent dark blue glass beads; coiled.Provenance
Former Collection
Masaemon Iwatsu
Former Collection
Iwataro Mizuhara
