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 (Analysis)
Note on catalogue card for 1935.285: 'like Mediterranean but glass more black.'
Event Date 1935
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 1935.285: 'Eyebead, glass base, 21 eyes, three rows of seven. Blue centre, two white and one blue band.'

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)
Sub-spherical eye bead of glass. Dark blue bead with 21 large eyes, each formed of white concentric rings with a blue centre. The eyes are arranged in three rows of seven. Large perforation through the centre. Cracked on one side.
Event Date 31/10/2023
Author: Lizzy Peneycad