Bead; overall piriform shape, with large hole down the center. Appears to be broken at the top.
0.8 x 3.6 cm (5/16 x 1 7/16 in.)
Mrs. Charles B. Perkins, Boston, MA (by 1952), gift; to the Fogg Art Museum, 1952.
Bronze
8th century BCEItalicGold
EtruscanMixed copper alloy
8th century BCEGreekMixed copper alloy
11th-12th centuryByzantineBronze
6th-5th century BCEIranianBrass
4th century CERomanSilver
18th-19th centuryRussianIron ground with gold and silver application.
JapaneseCopper alloy
7th-8th centuryAvarBronze
9th-7th century BCEIranianLeaded bronze
3rd century BCEGreekCopper alloy
7th-8th centuryAvar