Glass eye bead

Unknown

ca. 4th century BCE · Glass · Greek and Roman Art

Glass eye bead — Unknown

Dark blue, with additions in opaque white and cobalt blue. Spherical shape with large vertical hole. Twenty-four eyes in six diagonal rows of four. Intact; dulling, pitting, weathering, and slight iridescence.

Artist
Unknown
Date
ca. 4th century BCE
Medium
Glass
Culture
Greek, Eastern Mediterranean
Department
Greek and Roman Art
Credit line
Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

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