Bead

5 cm 4.4 cm 0.6 cm

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This large openwork bead made of blue faience has on either side five different goddesses, each identified by a headdress. The hollow space between suggests the two sides of the plaque were made in identical moulds and joined before firing. Perforated lengthwise.

कलाकृति/वस्तु

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id
18664
contentType
contentType
object
stage
stage
normalized
provenance
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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rightsUri
CC0
language
language
en
pageCount
pageCount
6
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source
import
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sourceUrl https://purl.thewalters.org/art/48.1662

Terms

माध्यम
faience
विधा
amulets beads

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