plaque

Object NameInlay Plaque

Made FromGlass

Date25 BCE-99 CE

Place MadeRoman Empire; probably Egypt

Techniquemosaic glass or millefiori technique

SizeOverall H: 1.6 cm, W: 1.2 cm, Th: 0.2 cm

Accession Number76.1.65

Credit LineGift of Carl Berkowitz and Derek Content

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Not On View

Physical DescriptionCanes of opaque white, opaque yellow, opaque red, translucent amethyst, translucent blue-green in a translucent grey-blue ground; mosaic glass or millefiori technique. Fragment of a mosaic inlay with a falcon or hawk primarily composed of a white body with a small red beak, amethyst eye on white ground and yellow legs on blue-green base; an amethyst, blue-green and yellow strip build up the head while the wing is highlighted in amethyst and a square of blue-green with amethyst spots tapers toward a square with alternating red strips and a third tapering square with alternating yellow and amethyst strips.
Provenance

Former Collection Habib Tawadros - 2009
Sold during trip to NYC

Source Derek Content - 1976-01-01

Source Carl Sandler Berkowitz - 1976-01-01

Former Collection Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982) - 1948-08
Purchased during Habib Tawadros's trip to NYC