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Object NameBead (Tombodama type)
Artist Kyoyu Asao (Japanese, about 1918-1984)
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 1978
Place MadeJapan, Osaka
SizeOverall H: 1.9 cm, Diam: 2 cm; Bore Diam: 0.4 cm
Accession Number80.6.1 R
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionOpaque white glass; ovoid form decorated with four vertical inset cane fragments of a single black line with double twists, all of black glass on a pale grayish ground, and two vertical inset cane fragments of a single black blue with a single black twist, on a pale grayish ground.
Provenance
Source Kyoyu Asao (Japanese, about 1918-1984) - 1980-04-14
figurine
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fragment
300-499
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