Context (Other)
Note on catalogue card for 1935.281: 'Similar to larger bead on 1932.259.'
Event Date
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Description (Physical description)
Orvar Karlbeck (1934) description for no. 492-497: 'Eye-beads, of dark blue glass with the usual inlay of 'eyes'.'
Event Date 1934
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Context (Acquisition Details)
Collected by Orvar Karlbeck on behalf of the 1934 Karlbeck Syndicate. Louis Clarke was an investor in the Syndicate and donated his allocation to the museum in 1935. See archive for report (BR2/1/3).
Event Date 1935
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Catalogue card for 1935.281: 'Glass eye bead of elaborate pattern with elliptical eyes and dots.'
Event Date 1935
Author: maa

Context (References)
Jurgens, Valerie. (2012). The Karlbeck Syndicate 1930-1934: Collecting and Scholarship on Chinese Art in Sweden and Britain. Saarbrücken: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
Event Date 2012
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

Description (Physical description)
Spherical eye bead of glass. Dark blue bead with latticed and slightly horned eyes, formed of white and turquoise concentric rings connected by double rows of small white dots. The eyes are arranged in a square pattern, with a large eye in each corner and in the centre of the square, and a small eye in the centre of each side, connected by dots. Nine large eyes and nine small eyes.
Event Date 31/10/2023
Author: Lizzy Peneycad