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Bead

A work made of round glass bead with pattern of concentric circles but circles are pulled to one side. brown bead with white and blue. currently stored in embroidered box..
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  • A work made of round glass bead with pattern of concentric circles but circles are pulled to one side. brown bead with white and blue. currently stored in embroidered box..

Date:

Eastern Zhou dynasty (770–256 B.C.), c. 5th c. B.C.

Artist:

China

About this artwork

Status

On View, Gallery 132

Department

Arts of Asia

Title

Bead

Place

China (Artist's nationality:)

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770 BCE–445 BCE

Medium

Round glass bead with pattern of concentric circles but circles are pulled to one side. Brown bead with white and blue. Currently stored in embroidered box.

Dimensions

1.6 × 1.6 cm (3 × 3 in.); Diam.: 1.6 cm (3 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ferdinando P. Musso

Reference Number

1948.126

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