Glass eye bead
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.
Spherical shape with large vertical hole.
Twenty-four eyes in six diagonal rows of four.
Intact; dulling, pitting, weathering, and slight iridescence.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass eye bead
- Period: Classical or Hellenistic
- Date: ca. 4th century BCE
- Culture: Greek, Eastern Mediterranean
- Medium: Glass; rod-formed
- Dimensions: Height: 1/4 x 3/8 in. (0.7 x 0.9 cm)
- Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.807
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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mid-4th–early 3rd century BCE
ca. 4th century BCE
6th–4th century BCE
6th–4th century BCE
ca. 4th century BCE
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