Bracelet

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Object Name: 
Bracelet
Maker(s): 
Place Made: 
Japan, Kyoto
Accession Number: 
84.6.1
Dimensions: 
Overall L: 8.5 cm
Location: 
Not on Display
Date: 
about 1983-1984
Credit Line: 
Gift of Takako Sano
Primary Description: 
Blue, amber, green dichroic glass; beading, metalwork. Bracelet shape; gold plated silver frame consists of two flattened circles connected by parallel diagonal metal strips; between these strips are numerous eyelets; glass beads or drops are connected to eyelets by metal mounts and smaller eyelets; approximately 575 beads; signed on metal strips attached to inside of one circular metal frame: "GP SILVER AKIKO HAYASHI / HIKARI NO SIZUKU" and Japanese characters on other strips.

More Info

Department: 
Postwar and Contemporary
Provenance: 
Sano, Takako, Source
1984-05-19
Category: 
Jewelry
Color: 
Blue, Amber, Green dichroic
blue
amber
Technique: 
Beading, Metalwork
beads
Inscription: 
GP SILVER AKIKO HAYASHI / HIKARI NO SIZUKU
signature
: 
inside of one circular metal frame

Publications (1)

Hikari no shizuku : jewelry (2000) illustrated, pp. 1-2; cover; BIB# 68093