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527. Spacer-Bead

Accession Number 2004.15.2
Dimensions H. 3.1, W. 1.2 cm; Wt. 1.86 g
Date 1400–1200 BCE (LH IIIA–LH IIIB)
Production Area Aegean region
Material Translucent dark blue glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Mold pressed in an open mold
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Condition

Intact. Silvery weathering and incrustation.

Description

Rectangular spacer-bead in the shape of an elongated plaque with raised and ribbed ends pierced by a transverse thread hole. The underside is glossy and concave; the upper side is decorated with a raised, stylized ivy leaf, laid sideways in the center.

Comments and Comparanda

On Mycenaean beads, see cat. 526.

Provenance

By 1974–1988, Erwin Oppenländer, 1901–1988 (Waiblingen, Germany), by inheritance to his daughter, Ingrid Reisser, 1988; 1988–2004, Ingrid Reisser (Böblingen, Germany), sold to the J. Paul Getty Museum, 2004

Bibliography

, p. 91, no. 240.

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Exhibitions

Gläser der Antike: Sammlung Erwin Oppenländer (Hamburg and Cologne, 1974–1975)