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529. Spacer-Bead

Accession Number 2004.15.4
Dimensions H. 3.2, W. 1.3 cm; Wt. 1.98 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

Elongated spacer-bead, one end straight, raised, and ribbed; the other end rounded. The underside is glossy and slightly convex; the upper side is decorated with a pattern of three volutes, each with a raised dot at the center, separated by dotted lines. One perforation in straight end; second perforation in the third volute.

Comments and Comparanda

On Mycenaean beads, see cat. 526. For comparanda, see cat. 528.

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)