bead
Object NameComplex Eye Bead
Made FromGlass
Date600-201 BCE
Place MadeEastern Mediterranean; probably Carthage; possibly Egypt
TechniqueCore-formed, trail-decorated
SizeOverall Diam: 2 cm, Th: 1.5 cm
Accession Number54.1.23
Credit LineGift of Fahim Kouchakji
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Curiosities of Glassmaking
Not On View
Physical DescriptionYellow-brown glass appearing black and opaque white glass; core-formed, trail-decorated and tooled. Short barrel-shaped bead of "black" glass with six composite eye beads arranged in a zig-zag pattern around the surface and marvered in, each eye is composed of a large black center in a ground of two alternating layers of white and black; core material is red-orange.Provenance
Former Collection
Fahim Kouchakji
(b. Syria, 1886-1976)
about 300-50 BCE
