fragment
Object NameFragment of a Floral Plaque
Made FromGlass
Datepossibly 99-75 BCE
Place MadeEgypt
TechniqueFused mosaic glass caned, encased, tooled, cut, polished
SizeOverall H: 5 cm
Accession Number51.1.232 I
Curatorial Area(s)
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. Irregular section broken on all sides, dull surface, badly cracked as 51.1.232 A, backed with irregular strips of green, muddy-green, turbid green and red. Design preserves a rosette, rosette and white flower similar to 51.1.232 H as well as long feathery yellow-green leaves like the lower flower of 51.1.232 A.Provenance
Former Collection
Phocion J. Tano
(Greek)
