Faceted Barrel Beads
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Object Label
Although faience appears in various colors, blue was the most common. The blue of lapis lazuli was so valued that it was imitated in this more affordable form while retaining the same symbolic meaning. From its early manufacture, faience was shaped into beads, with the finest faience work appearing in the New Kingdom.
Caption
Faceted Barrel Beads, ca. 1390–1353 B.C.E.. Faience, Diam. of bead 1/4 x 14 3/4 in. (0.7 x 37.5 cm) as mounted: 7 × 6 × 1/4 in. (17.8 × 15.2 × 0.6 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Mrs. Lawrence Coolidge and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, and the Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund, 48.66.39. Creative Commons-BY (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, CUR.48.66.39_NegID_L1008_16_bw.jpg)
Gallery
Not on view
Gallery
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Title
Faceted Barrel Beads
Date
ca. 1390–1353 B.C.E.
Dynasty
late Dynasty 18
Period
New Kingdom
Medium
Faience
Classification
Dimensions
Diam. of bead 1/4 x 14 3/4 in. (0.7 x 37.5 cm) as mounted: 7 × 6 × 1/4 in. (17.8 × 15.2 × 0.6 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. Lawrence Coolidge and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, and the Charles Edwin Wilbour Fund
Accession Number
48.66.39
Rights
Creative Commons-BY
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