Glass eye bead

Greek, Eastern Mediterranean

On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 171

Opaque yellow ground; additions in opaque white and translucent cobalt blue.
Cylindrical with rounded ends to large vertical hole.
Four staggered horizontal rows of six eyes in white and blue.
Intact, except for tiny chips at edges of hole; dulling and creamy iridescent weathering.

Glass eye bead, Glass, Greek, Eastern Mediterranean

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