Six Beads or Appliqués
Six Beads or Appliqués
Place of OriginGreece, Mycenaean, probably from the Peloponnesos or Crete
DateProbably Late Helladic III, about the 14th-12th century BCE
DimensionsL: 1 in. (2.54 cm); W: 7/16 in. (1.2 cm); Depth: 3/16 in. (.5 cm)
MediumCast in open, one-piece molds.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1975.65A-F
Not on View
DescriptionSix rectangular beads. Dark blue. Upperside uneven, with a central circular motif consisting of two raised concentric circular ridges, with raised dots between them, surrounding a domical center; at the upper and lower ends of each bead are pairs of parallel raised horizontal lines and large segmented horizontal ridges; underside flat. Each bead has transverse threadholes at either end.
Published ReferencesGrose, David F., Early Ancient Glass: Core-formed, Rod-Formed, and Cast Vessels and Objects from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Roman Empire, 1600 B.C. to A.D. 50, New York, Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, 1989, cat. no. 26, p. 66, repr. (col.) p. 44.
Probably Late Helladic III, about the 14th-12th century BCE
Probably Late Helladic III, about the fourteenth to twelfth century BCE
Probably Late Helladic III, about the 14th-12th century BCE
Roman Period (1st to 4th century CE)
Head and hindquarters: early 20th century; Body: probably 7th-1st century CE
Third to first century BCE
Third to first century BCE
Early first to fourth century CE
First quarter of the first century CE
1st century BCE - 4th century CE
Third century
Third century
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