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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: 2.3 cm; Bore Diam: 0.9 cm

Accession Number80.6.1 U

Curatorial Area(s)

Postwar and Contemporary

Not On View

Physical DescriptionGlossy black glass; truncated ovoid form with square bore, decorated with two inset and protruding vertical cane fragments with yellowish center and white twists and two simpler inset vertical cane fragments of white and yellow twists; intervening between two of these vertical cane fragments are two single protruding units with yellowish centers and alternating white and yellow petals, and intervening between the other two are two units of protruding black centers surrounded by white petals.
Provenance

Source Kyoyu Asao (Japanese, about 1918-1984) - 1980-04-14