fragment
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