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Agate bead

Medium/TechniqueAgate
DimensionsHeight: 6.6 cm (2 5/8 in.)
Credit LineMaria Antoinette Evans Fund
Accession number30.635
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsJewelry / Adornment
ProvenanceBy 1930, acquired in Iran, probably by Ayoub Rabenou, Paris; 1930, sold by Rabenou, through Arthur Upham Pope (b. 1881 - d. 1969), Paris, to the MFA [see note]. (Accession Date: August 7, 1930)

NOTE: MFA accession nos. 30.544-30.637 were purchased from Arthur Upham Pope for $15,000, plus a $2250 commission. According to Pope, the majority of the group belonged to Rabenou.
Necklace
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
Cylindrical bead
2400–1550 B.C.
Barrel bead
743–712 B.C.
Bracelet
A.D. 364–476
Beads
late 1st century B.C.–3rd century A.D.
String of beads
664–525 B.C.
String of beads
332 B.C.–337 A.D.