Ring-Shaped Bead
Ring-Shaped Bead
Place of OriginLikely Germany
Date6th - 7th century CE
DimensionsOutside Diam: 7/8 in. (2.2 cm); Inside Diam: 15/16 in. (2.4 cm)
MediumHot tooled glass
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Harvey Rothenberg
Object number
1984.90
Not on View
DescriptionThis is a large, annular (ring-shaped) bead composed of dark glass decorated with a lighter-colored opaque glass trail. The trail was applied in a molten state and manipulated ("combed" or "dragged") into a regular wave or chevron pattern that encircles the exterior surface.
Published ReferencesEffros, Bonnie, "Art of the 'Dark Ages': Showing Merovingian Artifacts in North American Public and Private Collections," Journal of the History of Collections, vol. 17, no. 1, 2005, p. 110, no. 100.
6th - 7th century CE
Late 4th to late 5th century
Second to third quarter of 4th century CE
mid-4th to mid-5th century
Probably late 4th to late 5th century
4th-7th entury
Probably mid-4th to mid-5th century
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