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Apr 16, 2012
String of Glass Beads
String of Glass Beads
구슬 목걸이 (瑠璃玉頸飾)
AD 400s
Korea, Three Kingdoms period
(57 BCE–668 CE)
Glass
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust 1917.1058
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Glass, largely produced in ancient Rome since the late 1st century, also reached the Korean peninsula through the Silk Road, the ancient global trade route. Yet, cobalt blue glass beads shown in this work are highly likely to have been produced in the Silla territory.
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An enormous amount of beaded strings and necklaces were excavated from Silla tomb sites. Glass, largely produced in ancient Rome since the late 1st century, also reached the Korean peninsula through the Silk Road, the ancient global trade route. Yet cobalt blue glass beads shown in this string are highly likely to be soda glass produced in the Silla territory.
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