plaque
Object NamePlaque with Ankh and Was
Made FromGlass
Date299-1 BCE
Place MadeEgypt
Techniquedrawn or cast, cold-worked, assembled, fused, cold-worked, ground, polished
SizeOverall H: 1.9 cm, L: 1.8 cm, Th: 0.4 cm
Accession Number95.1.77
Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionWhite, yellow, red, black and deep blue, all opaque glasses; monochrome rods drawn or cast and perhaps cold-worked, then assembled into bundles and fused; bundles probably miniaturized by reheating and drawing, then perhaps cold-worked to make canes with simple patterns; groups of canes bundled, fused, and probably reheated and miniaturized, then cold-worked to make bar with complex patterns; bar sawed into slices; slice finished by grinding and polishing.Provenance
Source
Jerome Strauss
(1893-1978) - 1979
