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Object NameNecklace of Beads
Made FromFaience, carnelian
Date99 BCE-199 CE
Place MadeIran, probably Amlash
Techniqueground and polished; cast and retouched
SizeCarnelian L: 1.5 cm; Knucklebone Diam: 8 mm
Accession Number74.7.8
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionBluish green faience (7), green faience (15), and carnelian beads (22), some chips, dark weathering adhering to surface of faience elements; carnelian ground and polished, faience elements are cast and retouched. Long convex biconical carnelians (22) separate eight pendant beads, twelve knucklebone beads, one short convex bicone bead with horizontal ribbed decoration and one glass mulberry bead. Pendants consists of three miniature vases with vertical ribs, one possibly Egyptian blue, but probably faience of deeper color, two badly worn grape cluster pendants flattened on backside, and three phallus pendants also flattened on back.Provenance
Former Collection
Faradj Anavian
- 1974-03-18
