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Faience bead with copper overlay
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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
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DescriptionFaience bead molded in melon shape. Encased inside network of copper wire that has been wound into concentric diamond shapes and circles around entire bead.

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