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Object NameMosaic Bowl

Made FromGlass

Dateabout 800-899

TechniqueMosaic technique, fused, slumped

SizeOverall H: 2.1 cm, Diam (max): 5.3 cm

Accession Number76.1.9

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Designs in Miniature: The Story of Mosaic Glass

Place Made

possibly Western Asia; possibly Egypt

Physical DescriptionOpaque red, white, green, and yellow cane; opaque greenish blue cane. Cane slices fused and slumped. Bowl: segmental. Rim plain, with slightly irregular rounded lip; wall (Th. about 0.3 cm) curves down and in, and merges with convex base. Vessel consists of slices of two canes, originally with square cross sections, arranged in checkerboard pattern: (1) at least 67 polychrome slices, with red dot surrounded by (from center to edge) white(?) circle, green square, yellow square, and square of alternating red and white dots; and (2) at least 75 greenish blue slices. Many slices became diamond-shaped during fusing and slumping process.
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