String of 10 Eye Beads

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5th–4th Century B.C. · Glass · Egyptian Art

Mosaic glass beads had long been popular in Egypt. The period of large intercontinental empires beginning about 500 BC initiated a period of widespread trade of these small items. These are all modern stringings; most ancient stringing patterns are lost as the string decays.

Artist

Unknown

Date

5th–4th Century B.C.

Medium

Glass

Department

Egyptian Art

Credit line

Gift of Helen Miller Gould, 1910