Title: Button or Bead
Object type: Button or Bead
Date: 9th–10th century
Medium: Ivory or bone; tinted, incised, and inlaid with paint
Dimensions: H. 1/2 in. (1.2 cm)
Diam. 5/8 in. (1.6 cm)
Classification: Ivories and Bone
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1938
Geography: Excavated in Nishapur   Iran      
Department: Islamic Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY