Bead or Button
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.
2nd century CE
First quarter of the 1st century CE
Head and hindquarters: early 20th century; Body: probably 7th-1st century CE
Early first to 4th century CE
3rd to 1st century BCE
3rd to 1st century BCE
Probably 19th or early 20th century
Probably first half of 4th century CE
Probably early 3rd century
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