Agate bead
Medium/TechniqueAgate
DimensionsHeight: 6.6 cm (2 5/8 in.)
Credit LineMaria Antoinette Evans Fund
Accession number30.635
On View
Not on viewClassificationsJewelry / 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.
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.
270 B.C.–A.D. 320
2400–1550 B.C.
743–712 B.C.
A.D. 364–476
late 1st century B.C.–3rd century A.D.
664–525 B.C.
332 B.C.–337 A.D.