Faience bead with copper overlay
Faience bead with copper overlay
Place of OriginEastern Mediterranean (probably Egypt)
DatePtolemaic - Roman period
DimensionsDiam: 5/8 in. (1.6 cm)
MediumMolded faience, then enclosed in copper wire "cage"
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1980.1262
Not on View
Collections
- Glass
Late Period, Dynasty 25 - 31
1st century BCE - 4th century CE
1st century BCE - 1st century CE
1st century BCE - 1st century CE
Probably Late Helladic III, about the 14th-12th century BCE
1st century BCE - 4th century CE
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