mirror
Object Name4 Mirrors
Made FromGlass, Plaster
Datepossibly 300-699
Place Madepossibly Roman Empire; possibly Eastern Mediterranean
SizeSee Individual Records
Accession Number70.1.55
Credit LineGift of Toufic Arakji
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionWhite plaster disc sets with glass of uncertain color. (A) Circular shape with flat bottom and raised rim of triangular cross-section; at center, fragment of thin-walled blown glass inset to form mirror, D: 3 cm., with slightly convex surface; (B) squarish shape with slightly bowed sides and rectangular projections at corners; base flat, sides roughly vertical, upper surface recessed to receive fragment of thin-walled blown glass of uncertain color inset to form mirror, D: about 4.8 cm., with slightly convex surface; (C) disc with scalloped edge in form of nine-pointed star; flat bottom and flat upper surface recessed at center and inset with thin-walled blown glass fragment to form mirror, D: 3.2 cm., with slightly convex surface; (D) circular shape with flat bottom, slightly raised rim and upper surface which rises gently towards center, with recess containing fragment of thin-walled glass inset to form mirror, D: about 3.5 cm., with slightly convex surface.Provenance
