Bead (kingyodama)

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Object Name: 
Bead (kingyodama)
Place Made: 
Japan
Accession Number: 
73.6.21
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 1.2 cm, D: 1.3 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1868-1912
Primary Description: 
Colorless glass; coiled. Circular form, with coil of dark blue glass thread and a delicate enameled goldfish form; bore appears white through the colorless glass; several bubbles.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern; Modern
Provenance: 
Blair, Dorothy, Source
1973-05-04
Category: 
Beads
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
coiling