Bead (marudama)

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Object Name: 
Bead (marudama)
Place Made: 
Japan
Accession Number: 
63.6.75
Dimensions: 
Overall H: 1.6 cm, Diam: 1.7 cm; Bore Diam: 0.3 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
1603-1868
Credit Line: 
Gift of Dorothy Blair
Primary Description: 
Opaque black and multicolor glass; coiled. Spots of vari-colored opaque glasses inset, probably by rolling the hot bead over colored fragments; very glossy surface, but bore ends rough.

More Info

Department: 
Early Modern
Provenance: 
Blair, Dorothy, Source
1963-03-11
Category: 
Beads
Color: 
Opaque black, multicolor
Technique: 
coiling

Publications (1)

A History of Glass in Japan (1973) pl. 163, center right; p. 404; BIB# 27425