Glass bracelet
Translucent cobalt blue; trails in opaque yellow.
Seamless broad band with flattened semicircular cross section.
On outer surface, three ribs running around band, central one projecting out more; outer ribs decorated with four matching lengths of zigzag trail; central rib with four longer lengths of zigzag trail interspersed with four sets of three blobs.
Broken and repaired, with chips missing from broken edges, and some of trails missing, leaving hollows in surface of bracelet; pinprick and elongated bubbles; surface pitting and patches of weathering.
Similar bracelets have been found at La Tene sites in central Europe.
Seamless broad band with flattened semicircular cross section.
On outer surface, three ribs running around band, central one projecting out more; outer ribs decorated with four matching lengths of zigzag trail; central rib with four longer lengths of zigzag trail interspersed with four sets of three blobs.
Broken and repaired, with chips missing from broken edges, and some of trails missing, leaving hollows in surface of bracelet; pinprick and elongated bubbles; surface pitting and patches of weathering.
Similar bracelets have been found at La Tene sites in central Europe.
Artwork Details
- Title: Glass bracelet
- Period: Hellenistic
- Date: late 3rd–2nd century BCE
- Culture: Celtic
- Medium: Glass; drawn, tooled, and trailed
- Dimensions: 9/16in. (1.4cm)
Other: 3 3/16in. (8.1cm) - Classification: Glass
- Credit Line: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
- Object Number: 17.194.332
- Curatorial Department: Greek and Roman Art
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Greek and Roman
3rd century BCE–4th century CE
Roman
ca. 4th century CE
Roman
1st century CE
Celtic
late 3rd–2nd century BCE
Roman, Cypriot
1st–2nd century CE
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