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 1935.283: 'Eyebead with 20 eyes. Five rows of four. Three sizes of eyes. Turquoise glass base. The larger eyes have white centre and four white rings.'

Event Date 1935
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Eyes of dark blue with white circles. Worn.
Event Date 13/7/2001
Author: Lizzy Peneycad

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 20 large, slightly horned, eyes and eight smaller eyes, all formed of white and turquoise concentric rings. The eyes are arranged in four rows, each with four larger eyes. At either end, around the hole, are four smaller eyes. Large perforation through the centre.
Event Date 31/10/2023
Author: Lizzy Peneycad