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Object NameFragment of Inlay Figure (loincloth)
Made FromGlass
Date299 BCE-99 CE
Place MadeEgypt
Techniquemosaic glass technique
SizeOverall H: 2.7 cm, W: 3.1 cm, Th: 0.8 cm
Accession Number95.1.74
Credit LineBequest of Jerome Strauss
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Designs in Miniature: The Story of Mosaic Glass
Not On View
Physical DescriptionOpaque black red backing, canes of opaque deep blue, opaque white and yellow ocher. Mosaic glass technique. Horizontal registers of blue feather pattern outlined in yellow with small white dots at tip of each element.
Provenance
Source Jerome Strauss (1893-1978) - 1979
bead
Mr. Larteh
1900-1972
bead
1880-1950
bead
about 450-650
Vittorio Costantini
about 1985-1989