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562. Bracelet

Accession Number 79.AF.184.4
Dimensions Diam. 5.0, Th. 0.6 cm; Wt. 6.17 g
Date Fourth century CE
Production Area Eastern Mediterranean
Material Translucent purple glass
Modeling Technique and Decoration Piercing and tooling
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Condition

Intact. Iridescent weathering in some areas; many pinprick bubbles.

Description

The bracelet is made of an irregular, seamless ring of glass, D-shaped in cross section. There are no signs of painted or other decoration on any part of it.

Comments and Comparanda

See cat. 561.

Provenance

1979, Edwin A. Lipps, 1922–1988 (Pacific Palisades, California), donated to the J. Paul Getty Museum, 1979

Bibliography

Unpublished

Exhibitions

None