Glass spacer bead

Unknown Artist

Uncertain color, appearing opaque black.

Elongated oval, plano-convex shape; two large holes side by side.

On upper face, five tooled grooves forming four ribs across surface.

Intact; slight weathering and encrustation within holes.

Credit: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

c. 4th century A.D.

Glass; rod-formed and tooled

1.2 x 1.3 x 2.4 cm

17.194.462

Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

நிரந்தரச் சேகரிப்பு

மேலும் அறிக