Blue Millefiori Bead with Face, Chicken, and Floral Design, Section of Face Cane, and 5 Canes Slices

Object Name: 
Blue Millefiori Bead with Face, Chicken, and Floral Design, Section of Face Cane, and 5 Canes Slices

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Object Name: 
Blue Millefiori Bead with Face, Chicken, and Floral Design, Section of Face Cane, and 5 Canes Slices
Place Made: 
Indonesia, Jawa Timur, Ledokombo
Accession Number: 
2011.6.18
Dimensions: 
(a) L: 2 cm, Diam (max): 2.3 cm; (b) L: 5.1 cm, Diam (max): 0.5 cm; (c) Th: 0.3 cm, Diam (max): 0.6 cm; (d) Th: 0.7 cm, Diam (max): 0.7 cm; (e) Th: 0.3 cm, Diam (max): 0.5 cm; (f) Th: 0.3 cm, Diam (max): 0.5 cm; (g) Th: 0.3 cm, Diam (max): 0.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
2010-2011
Credit Line: 
Gift of James Lankton
Primary Description: 
Opaque red, white, blue, and yellow glass; millefiori technique, marvered. Blue bead with millefiori decoration consisting of faces, chickens, and floral cane slices. (b) Section of face cane. (c) Face cane slice. (d) Flowering bush cane slice. (e-g) Three chicken cane slices.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Lankton, James, Source
2011-11-09
Category: 
Beads
Color: 
yellow
red
white
blue
Technique: 
marvering
millefiori glass
Material: 
glass