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Object NameComposite Eye Bead
Made FromGlass
Date600-250 BCE
Place Madepossibly Eastern Mediterranean; possibly Carthage
Techniquecore-formed, trail-decorated, tooled
SizeOverall D: 1.9 cm
Accession Number54.1.140-1
Curatorial Area(s)
On ViewAncient Gallery
Physical DescriptionTranslucent deep blue, translucent green, translucent greenish-grey, translucent blue-green, turquoise, opaque white, and opaque yellow glass, various lightly weathered surfaces; core-formed, trail-decorated and tooled. Large barrel-shaped almost spherical bead, blue matrix with three large composite eyes, the center yellow-brown in a ground of white, green and yellow respectively.
Provenance
Source Fahim Kouchakji (b. Syria, 1886-1976)