game piece
Object NameGaming piece (?)
Made FromGlass
Date99 BCE-99 CE
Place Madeprobably Egypt; possibly Italy
Techniquemosaic glass or millefiori technique
SizeOverall Cross Section W: 6 mm, D: 7 mm, L: 3.3 cm
Accession Number52.1.17
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionGaming piece. Canes of opaque white, opaque yellow, opaque red, translucent amethyst, yellow-green appearing black; dull, pitted surface repolished recently; mosaic glass or millefiori technique. Canes of opaque red cased with white and amethyst with dots in a matrix of "black" with white dots dispersed in the field, the fragment is square in cross section but has been heavily re polished on all sides forming this geometric shape.Provenance
Source
Parke-Bernet Galleries, NYC
- 1952-02-04
Former Collection
M. A. Mansoor
