String of 52 Beads
Gold glass beads were a Hellenistic development. They were, created by combining drawn tubes of colorless glass with gold foil. The earliest examples were finished bead by bead. These are all modern stringings; most ancient stringing patterns are lost as the string decays.
Artwork Details
- Title: String of 52 Beads
- Period: Ptolemaic or Roman Period
- Date: 2nd century BC–2nd century AD
- Geography: Possibly from Egypt
- Medium: Glass, gold foil
- Dimensions: L. 23.7 × Diam. of each bead (approx.) 0.6 cm (9 5/16 × 1/4 in.)
- Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1970
- Object Number: 1970.169.110–.161
- Curatorial Department: Egyptian Art
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