Bead or Button

Place of OriginChina

DateT’ang Dynasty (618- 907CE)

DimensionsDiam: 1 in. (2.5 cm)

MediumGlass, cast in an open mold

ClassificationGlass

Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1926.28

Not on View

DescriptionAmber color, circular shape, stated figure holding a plaque.

Probably Late Helladic III, about the 14th-12th century BCE

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

Early first to fourth century CE

First quarter of the first century CE

Third to first century BCE

Third century

Third to first century BCE

Third century

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