Necklace

Arts of Africa

1st century BCE-1st century CE

Roman; Egypt

Initially affordable among only the wealthy, glass was used widely in the Roman world to create a variety of everyday objects such as those displayed here, including delicate cosmetic containers that held perfumes and oils and various forms of tableware designed for serving food and drink. Glass was also used to imitate precious stones in jewelry. The faces on these beads were made by fusing bundles of canes of glass.

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Department: Arts of Africa

Culture: Ancient Roman
Title: Necklace
Place: Ancient Egypt (Object made in)
Date: 100 BCE–100 CE
Medium: Glass
Dimensions: Largest bead: Diam.: 1.3 cm (1/2 in.); H.: 36.8 cm (14 1/2 in.)
Credit Line: Gift of Theodore W. and Frances S. Robinson
Reference Number: 1949.1103
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Wanda Odell, “Ancient Glass: The Mr. and Mrs. Theodore W. Robinson Collection, Gallery 5A, The Art Institute of Chicago,” 1940, unpublished catalogue in curatorial object file, Art Institute of Chicago.
Karen B. Alexander and Mary Greuel. Private Taste in Ancient Rome: Selections from Chicago Collections. Exh. cat. (Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1990), cat. 49.

Art Institute of Chicago, Of Gods and Glamour: The Mary and Michael Jaharis Galleries of Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Art, Gallery 153, November 11, 2012 - present.

Theodore W. and Frances S. Robinson, Chicago, by 1931; given to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1949.

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