fragment
Object NameFragment of Bar or Strip in Zig-zag Pattern
Made FromGlass
Date75 BCE-25 CE
Place MadeRoman Empire; probably Rome
Techniquemosaic glass or millefiori technique
SizeOverall L: 5 cm, W: 1.3 cm, Th: 0.3 cm
Accession Number68.1.29
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionCanes of opaque red and opaque yellow with translucent amethyst glass, bubbly, pitted, weathered; mosaic glass or millefiori technique. Fragment preserves long slightly curved strip roughly rectangular in cross section preserving a zig-zag line in amethyst down the center of the glass, one side filled with red, the opposing side yellow.Provenance
Source
Sergio Sangiorgi
(Italian) - 1968-03-20
Former Collection
Giorgio Sangiorgi
(Italian, 1886-1965)
1675-1725
Corning Inc.
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