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Object NameGold Glass Bead
Made FromGlass, Foil
Dateprobably 200-699
Place MadeSasanian Empire (modern MIddle East)
TechniqueDrawn
SizeOverall H: 2.2 cm, D: 1.2 cm
Accession Number76.1.93 C
Credit LineGift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Life on a String: 35 Centuries of the Glass Bead
Not On View
Physical DescriptionGold Glass Bead. Colorless, with gold foil inclusion; drawn. Two segments, both with a flattened oval form, a "collar" at each end, and a circular perforation (D. 0.15 cm). Decorated with gold foil sandwiched between two fused layers of glass.
Provenance
Source Derek Content - 1976-01-01
Source Carl Sandler Berkowitz - 1976-01-01
Former Collection Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982)
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