Twenty-five Beads or Appliqués
Twenty-five Beads or Appliqués
Place of OriginGreece, Mycenaean, probably from the Peloponnesos or Crete
DateProbably Late Helladic III, about the fourteenth to twelfth century BCE
DimensionsL: 1 3/16 in. (3.0 cm); W: 7/16 in. (1.1 cm); Depth: 3/16 in. (.5 cm)
MediumCast in open, one-piece molds; stress marks on the undersides of several beads.
ClassificationGlass
Credit LineGift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1975.66A-Y
Not on View
DescriptionTwenty-five rectangular beads. Dark blue. Upperside uneven, with three raised clockwise spirals one above the other, each making two complete turns, rising to a sharp point at its center; narrow, segmented horizontal ridges separate the spirals, with a large segmented ridge at the top of each bead; underside flat. Each bead has transverse threadholes at either end.
Published ReferencesGrose, David F., Early Ancient Glass: Core-formed, Rod-Formed, and Cast Vessels and Objects from the Late Bronze Age to the Early Roman Empire, 1600 B.C. to A.D. 50, New York, Hudson Hills Press in association with the Toledo Museum of Art, 1989, cat. no. 24, p. 64, repr. (col.) p. 44.
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 14th-12th century BCE
First quarter of the first century CE
Probably first century BCE to first century CE
Probably first century BCE to first century CE
Roman Period (1st to 4th century CE)
Third to first century BCE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
Head and hindquarters: early 20th century; Body: probably 7th-1st century CE
Early first to fourth century CE
Late first century BCE to early first century CE
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