inlay
Object NameArm
Made FromGlass, Resin or Bitumen
Date299-1 BCE
Place MadeEgypt
Techniquecast, ground, polished, drawn, cut
SizeOverall H: 4.9 cm; Armband W: 1.9 cm; Shoulder Th: 1.2 cm
Accession Number95.1.3
Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Designs in Miniature: The Story of Mosaic Glass
Not On View
Physical DescriptionBright blue opaque (arm), yellow opaque, bright blue opaque, white opaque, and red opaque (armband) glasses, resin or bitumen; cast, ground, and polished (arm); monochrome rods drawn, cut, assembled, fused, drawn again, cut, and polished (center of armband); adhesive matrix inserted in slot in upper arm; center and edges of armband pressed into adhesive. Arm from inlay figure. Left arm extended toward right, with armband below shoulder. Armband consists of polychrome strip with yellow lozenge flanked on either side by three blue chevrons alternating with two white chevrons, and with part of red motif at each end; and of, above and below polychrome strip, narrow yellow edges, each consisting of three rectangular pieces.Provenance
Source
Jerome Strauss
(1893-1978) - 1979
