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Object NameBead
Made FromGlass
Date800-899 or later
Techniquetooled, with millefiori decoration
SizeOverall H: (through perforation) 1.3 cm, Diam: 1.4 cm
Accession Number54.1.151-3
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionDeep green transparent (matrix); white, yellow, and red, all opaque (cane slices). Slices of pre-formed canes embedded in matrix and formed around rod. Rather irregular spheroid bead with central perforation (D. 0.2 cm). Matrix contains seven cane slices, some rather distorted, with circular yellow core surrounded by concentric circles of red and white.
Provenance
Source Fahim Kouchakji (b. Syria, 1886-1976)
bowl
Frederick Schuler
1957
bowl
700-999
bowl
Frederick Schuler
1957
bead
800-899 or later