plaque
Object NameMosaic Plaque with Prisoners
Made FromGlass
Date99 BCE-99 CE
Place MadeEgypt, probably Alexandria
Techniquemosaic or millefiori technique, repolished, tooled
SizeOverall H: 2.9 cm, W: 3.2 cm, Th: 0.9 cm
Accession Number59.1.92
Curatorial Area(s)
Exhibitions
Antikes Glas aus der Sammlung Ray Winfield Smith: Kurpfalzischen Museum Heidelberg
Antikes Glas aus der Sammlung Ray Winfield Smith
Glass from the Ancient World
The Book and the Spade
Flowers Which Clothe the Meadows
Designs in Miniature: The Story of Mosaic Glass
On ViewAncient Gallery
Physical DescriptionMosaic Plaque with Prisoners. Translucent aquamarine glass backing, bubbly, fused to a strip composed of canes of opaque yellow, opaque white, opaque brick-red, opaque turquoise and translucent medium blue glass; mosaic glass or millefiori technique, repolished recently. On a white ground two brick-red nude captives are bound hand and foot by a yellow cord to a vertical turquoise column with red and white v-shaped capital; beard, facial features, pubic hair and rope are highlighted with deep blue; the strip preserves this design duplicated twice and surrounded by a triple border, the center register consisting of alternating blue and red squares each separated by white with a register of yellow above and below; this border is missing on the left side indicating that at least one or more squares of this captive motif existed in the original strip; the backing glass is irregular and retains tooling marks over the entire surface.Provenance
Source
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982) - 1959-07-27
