inlay
Object NameWedjet-eye Inlay
Made FromGlass
Date25 BCE-99 CE
Place MadeRoman Empire; probably Egypt
Techniquemosaic glass or millefiori technique, repolished
SizeOverall H: 7.5 cm, W: 1 cm, Th: 0.2 cm
Accession Number76.1.66
Credit LineGift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionCanes of opaque white, opaque yellow, opaque brick-red, translucent greenish-blue, translucent deep blue and translucent amethyst glass, pitted on sides with both faces repolished recently; mosaic glass or millefiori technique. Slice of roughly rectangular cane preserving wedjet-eye motif, iris of amethyst glass cased with white and lined with amethyst eyebrow alternating amethyst and white bordered with red in a greenish-blue ground, below, the falcon hieroglyph in red with alternating yellow and translucent amethyst spines in a field of greenish-blue, entire element cased in translucent deep blue.Provenance
Source
Derek Content
- 1976-01-01
Source
Carl Sandler Berkowitz
- 1976-01-01
Former Collection
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982)
