Bead with figure of Harpokrates
Summary
Gold glass beads were a Hellenistic development. They were created by combining drawn tubes of colorless glass with gold foil. The earliest examples were finished bead by bead. These are all modern stringings; most ancient stringing patterns are lost as the string decays.
From Egypt
Ptolemaic or Roman Period
Tags
amulets
beads
glass
gold
metal
ptolemaic or roman period
bead
figure
harpokrates
ancient egypt
egyptian civilisation
high resolution
ultra high resolution
3d object
ptolemaic period
sculpture
metropolitan museum of art
art of africa
Date
0000
Source
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Link
Copyright info
Public Domain Dedication (CC0)