Glass mosaic bead
Opaque brick red ground; details in opaque white and pale yellow, and translucent blue.
Globular, slightly flattened at top and bottom; vertical hole; made from four sections pressed together.
Each section decorated with same design: central square in blue with leaf-shaped white overlay marked with eight-armed star in blue, surrounded by irregular splashes of yellow on red ground.
Intact; slight pitting and faint weathering.
The piece is perhaps related to the face beads that are also displayed here.
Globular, slightly flattened at top and bottom; vertical hole; made from four sections pressed together.
Each section decorated with same design: central square in blue with leaf-shaped white overlay marked with eight-armed star in blue, surrounded by irregular splashes of yellow on red ground.
Intact; slight pitting and faint weathering.
The piece is perhaps related to the face beads that are also displayed here.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass mosaic bead
- Period: Early Imperial
- Date: ca. 1st century CE
- Culture: Roman, Egyptian
- Medium: Glass; rod-formed
- Dimensions: Overall: 1/2 in. (1.3 cm)
Base: 5/8 in. (1.6 cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.504
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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