inlay
Object NameVulture Headdress Inlay
Made FromGlass
Date25 BCE-99 CE
Place MadeRoman Empire; probably Egypt
Techniquemosaic glass or millefiori
SizeOverall H: 4 cm, W: 1.8 cm, Th: 0.6 cm
Accession Number59.1.100
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionCanes of turquoise, opaque yellow, opaque red, opaque orange, opaque yellow-green, translucent deep blue mounted on a colorless greenish glass, pitted, repolished recently; mosaic glass or millefiori technique. The inlay appears complete, preserves a scale pattern of turquoise with deep blue dots in the center, each scale outlined in yellow, beyond a row of red feathers tipped with blue and outlined in orange a second row of green tipped with red and outlined in orange, finally the exterior border of blue tipped with red and outlined with orange.Provenance
Source
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982) - 1948-07-1959-07-27
Purchased from Nassar Bros., Khan el-Khalili Bazaar, Cairo
Purchased from Nassar Bros., Khan el-Khalili Bazaar, Cairo
Former Collection
Nassar Bros.
- 1948-07
99-1 BCE (possibly earlier)
