fragment
Object NameFragment: of a Wall Revetment
Made FromGlass
Date25 BCE-99 CE
Place MadeRoman Empire
Techniqueblown (?)
SizeOverall L: 2.6 cm, Th: 2 mm
Accession Number54.1.27-6
Credit LineGift of Fahim Kouchakji
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionFragment: of a Wall Revetment. Translucent and opaque glasses; mosaic glass techniques. Irregular canes of opaque light turquoise with random canes of translucent brown cased with opaque white float in a translucent amethyst matrix, dull pitted back, face repolished. Rectangular fragment of a wall revetment has been repolished recently, back shows shrinkage of matrix away from the individual turquoise chips.Provenance
Former Collection
Fahim Kouchakji
(b. Syria, 1886-1976)
