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Button bead by Charles Lang Freer, Giovanni Dattari — VisualArtsDB

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Jewelry and ornament
Button bead

Button bead

Button bead

Charles Lang Freer Giovanni Dattari

Medium: Glass
Genre: Jewelry and ornament
Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

Styles

Jewelry and Ornament

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Ancient Egyptian Artmosaic glassPtolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)ArtCharles Lang Freer collectionRoman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

About

Button bead. Plate mosaic. Inlay of white and blue in a dark brown matrix; center of translucent uncolored glass.

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