Glass bead - image 1

Archaic

Glass bead

Uncertain color, appearing black; trail in opaque white (?). Elongated and slightly convex; pierced lengthwise; uneven edge at one end; spiral trail decoration, tooled into a festoon pattern. Intact; weathering of trail; slight iridescence. L.: 15/16in. (2.5 cm) Diam.: 3/8in. (1 cm)

Date

750 - 300 BC

Accession No.

74.51.11

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Provenance

  • From Cyprus

References

  • Myres, John L. 1914. Handbook of the Cesnola Collection of Antiquities from Cyprus. no. 5796, p. 514, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.Lightfoot, Christopher S. 2017. The Cesnola Collection of Cypriot Art : Ancient Glass. no. 515, pp. 311, 327, Online Publication, New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art.