Appliqué or Bead
Appliqué or Bead
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 an open, one-piece mold
ClassificationGlass
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1975.64
Not on View
DescriptionRectangular bead. Dark blue. Upperside uneven, with a raised, stylized ivy leaf at the center opening left and with two raised vertical lines on either side; at the upper and lower ends of the bead are large segmented horizontal ridges. The 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. 27, 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
Head and hindquarters: early 20th century; Body: probably 7th-1st century CE
First quarter of the first century CE
Third to first century BCE
Roman Period (1st to 4th century CE)
Third to first century BCE
Early first to fourth century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Probably 8th century BCE
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