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String of 52 Beads

String of 52 Beads. Dimensions: L. 23.7 × Diam. of each bead (approx.) 0.6 cm (9 5/16 × 1/4 in.). Date: 2nd century BC-2nd century AD. Gold glass beads were a Hellenistic development. They were, created by combining drawn tubes of colorless glass with gold foil. The earliest examples were finished bead by bead. These are all modern stringings; most ancient stringing patterns are lost as the string decays.
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Title:
String of 52 Beads
Caption:
String of 52 Beads. Dimensions: L. 23.7 × Diam. of each bead (approx.) 0.6 cm (9 5/16 × 1/4 in.). Date: 2nd century BC-2nd century AD. Gold glass beads were a Hellenistic development. They were, created by combining drawn tubes of colorless glass with gold foil. The earliest examples were finished bead by bead. These are all modern stringings; most ancient stringing patterns are lost as the string decays.
Technique/material:
glass, gold foil
Period:
Ptolemaic or Roman Period
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Releases:
Model: No - Property: No
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Image size:
3948 x 3948 px | 44.6 MB
Print size:
33.4 x 33.4 cm | 13.2 x 13.2 in (300 dpi)
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