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Object NameFragment of Millefiori Bowl
Made FromGlass
Dateprobably 1399-1300 BCE; possibly 701-899 CE
Place Madeprobably Mesopotamia
Techniquemillefiori technique
SizeOverall H: 3 cm, W: 5.8 cm
Accession Number74.1.61
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Glass from the Ancient World
Not On View
Physical DescriptionOpaque red, opaque yellow, opaque orange, and opaque green glass, pitted surface; millefiori technique. Fragment preserves rim and side of oval bowl, brick red matrix surrounds cane of roughly cross-shape section, central red dot surrounded by blue-green ring followed by large orange cross outlined with thin opaque yellow line.
Provenance
Source Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982) - 1974-12-12
bead
Mr. Larteh
1900-1972
bead
1880-1950
bead
about 450-650