Bead and 4 panels

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Object Name: 
Bead and 4 panels
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Japan, Osaka
Accession Number: 
85.6.25
Dimensions: 
See Individual Records
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1983-1984
Credit Line: 
Gift of The Honorable and Mrs. Amory Houghton, by exchange
Primary Description: 
Opaque yellow-brown, orange, black non-lead glasses; millefiori- mosaic, lampwork. (A) Ovoid opaque yellow-brown shape, with a complex orange and black mosaic pattern encircling the sides; pierced by a large, cylindrical hole. (B-E) Thin rectangular, flat slabs, in a mosaic pattern of orange, black, and red-orange cells, similar to those used to decorate (A).

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Houghton, The Honorable Amory (American, 1926-2020), Source
1985-11-21
Liu, Robert K., Source
1985-11-21
Category: 
Beads
Color: 
Yellow-brown, orange, black
orange
Technique: 
millefiori-mosaic, lampwork

Publications (1)

Kyoyu Asao, Tombodama/Glass Bead Master (Ornament) (1980-4) cover, pp. 13-18; BIB# AI8890

Objects in Set (5)

Bead
Artist:Asao, Kyoyu
Date:about 1983-1984
Accession Number:85.6.25 A
Mosaic Panel
Artist:Asao, Kyoyu
Date:about 1983-1984
Accession Number:85.6.25 B
 
Mosaic Panel
Artist:Asao, Kyoyu
Date:about 1983-1984
Accession Number:85.6.25 C
Mosaic Panel
Artist:Asao, Kyoyu
Date:about 1983-1984
Accession Number:85.6.25 D
 
Mosaic Panel
Artist:Asao, Kyoyu
Date:about 1983-1984
Accession Number:85.6.25 E