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Object NameMosaic Bowl
Made FromGlass
Dateabout 800-899
Place Madepossibly Western Asia; possibly Egypt
TechniqueMosaic technique, fused, slumped
SizeOverall H: 2.1 cm, Diam (max): 5.3 cm
Accession Number76.1.9
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Designs in Miniature: The Story of Mosaic Glass
On ViewAncient Gallery
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.
Provenance
Source Edward (Esteban) T. Safani (1912-1998) - 1976-09-10
fragment
about 800-899
inlay
299-1 BCE
tube
about 800-899
Molar Flask
about 800-899
bowl
Frederick Schuler
1957
fragment
300-399