Glass eye bead

Unknown

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

Dark blue, with additions in opaque white and cobalt blue. Spherical shape, tapering slightly at one end and thicker rounded edge at other end, with large vertical hole. Twenty-four eyes in six diagonal rows of four. Intact; dulling, pitting, and faint weathering.

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