Object Image

Glass spacer bead

Uncertain color, appearing opaque black.

Elongated oval, plano-convex shape; two large holes side by side.

On upper face, five tooled grooves forming four ribs across surface.

Intact; slight weathering and encrustation within holes.

Credit: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917

c. 4th century A.D.
Glass; rod-formed and tooled
1.2 x 1.3 x 2.4 cm
17.194.462
Image and text © Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2019

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