bead
Object NameBeads
Made FromGlass, Gold
Date199 BCE-199 CE
Place MadeIran, possibly Amlash
Techniquewound, molded
SizeBlue Wound Beads L (max): 1 cm; Segement Gold Glass Beads L: 1 cm
Accession Number74.1.2
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionDeep blue and purplish-blue glass, colorless glass, pitted and highly iridescent; wound blue beads and segmented gold glass beads. Blue beads (35) differ markedly in color, size and condition, several may have been ribbed, one is a standard truncated convex bicone. Gold glass beads formed of inner rod covered with gold foil over which colorless glass was coiled or molded. Twenty beads have two segments, twelve have three segments, four have four segments, probably formed in a mold.Provenance
Source
Faradj Anavian
- 1974-03-18
