Cage Bead

3rd-2nd century BCE (Hellenistic) H: 3/4 in. (1.91 cm) Citation Source image

Gold sheet rolled into a cylinder, a rectangular window cut out and edged with smooth and twisted wire. The window is filled with a network of wire with granules fixed over points of contact. Narrow strips of metal reinforce the ends of the cylinder.

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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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