fragment
Object NameFragment of a Floral Plaque
Made FromGlass
Datepossibly 99-75 BCE
Place MadeEgypt
TechniqueFused Mosaic Glass Caned, Encased, Tooled, Cut, Polished
SizeOverall H: 4.2 cm
Accession Number51.1.232 L
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Panel Show II
Not On View
Physical DescriptionFragment of a Floral Plaque. Translucent greyish medium blue matrix with assorted canes of opaque red, opaque yellow, opaque white, translucent green, translucent yellow-green and translucent pale amethyst glass; mosaic glass or millefiori technique. Thick plaque of amethyst matrix, no edges preserved, backed with turbid yellow-green glass. An irregular yellow form in an amethyst matrix with traces of green radiating from it, also at least five large spheres, the lower portion a triangle of light green glass subsequently cased in white, yellow and two shades of amethyst.Provenance
Former Collection
Phocion J. Tano
(Greek)
1400-1200 BCE
25 BCE-99 CE
25 BCE-99 CE
25 BCE-99 CE
25 BCE-99 CE
25 BCE-99 CE
