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Object NameFragment of Bar
Made FromGlass
Date75 BCE-25 CE
Place MadeEgypt
Techniquemosaic glass or millefiori technique
SizeOverall H: 2.3 cm, W: 3.6 cm, D: 0.5 cm
Accession Number76.1.64
Credit LineGift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionCanes of opaque white, opaque red, translucent medium blue and translucent amethyst glass, bubbly, pitted; mosaic glass or millefiori technique. Bar fragment preserves repetitive lotus bud design with white base and stem, spreading out into three-pointed leaves, two interspaces filled with red and bordered by amethyst all in a medium blue ground; this pattern is repeated vertically five times, the strip tapers from bottom to top.
Provenance
Source Derek Content - 1976-01-01
Source Carl Sandler Berkowitz - 1976-01-01
Former Collection Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982)

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