bead
Object NamePear-Shaped Bead
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1400-1300 BCE
Place MadeEgypt
Techniquetrail decorated and tooled
SizeOverall H: 1.8 cm; Hole Diam: 4.5 cm
Accession Number54.1.19
Credit LineGift of Fahim Kouchakji
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionPear-Shaped Bead. Translucent deep blue glass bubbly with much white stone and opaque white trail; formed on a wire or rod, trail decorated and tooled. Pear-shaped with an applied zigzag trail of opaque white at greatest diameter, probably a second horizontal trail applied at neck, now broken away; vertically pierced with a wide hole, possibly redrilled.Provenance
Former Collection
Fahim Kouchakji
(b. Syria, 1886-1976)
