fragment

Object NameFragment of a Floral Plaque

Made FromGlass

Datepossibly 99-75 BCE

Place MadeEgypt

TechniqueFused Mosaic G lass Caned, Encased, Tooled, Cut, Polished

SizeOverall H: 3.5 cm, W: 4.6 cm

Accession Number51.1.232 D

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

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. Similar to 51.1.232 C, section preserves lower right-hand corner of a complex plaque backed with strips of turbid yellow-green with streaks of yellow, three yellow fruits with crosses in center as preceding, similar leaves and stalks above, on right a cluster of eight yellow "grapes" on a yellow stalk; in corner and above a star-like flower with red dot center and six pointed leaves.
Provenance

Former Collection Phocion J. Tano (Greek)