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Button bead by Charles Lang Freer, Giovanni Dattari — VisualArtsDB

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Button bead

Button bead

Button bead

Charles Lang Freer Giovanni Dattari

305

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

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Jewelry and Ornament

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

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Egypto-Alexandrian, Ptolemaic-Augustan era. Button bead. Columnar rod mosaic. White rods in translucent uncolored matrix, yellowish tint.

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