Glass bead with knobs

Unknown

5th–3rd century BCE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Uncertain color, with opaque yellow and white, and translucent blue. Cylindrical, with flat edge at one end; large hole running vertically through bead, with copper alloy suspension wire inside. Eight vertical rows of knobs, each comprising four knobs, alternating in yellow and white topped with blue. Weathered chip at uneven end, and some knobs damaged; enamel-like creamy weathering and faint iridescence.

Artist

Unknown

Date

5th–3rd century BCE

Medium

Glass

Culture

Phoenician or Carthaginian

Department

Greek and Roman Art

Credit line

Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917