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: 4.4 cm, W: 3.9 cm
Accession Number51.1.232 J
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. Roughly square fragment preserving one finished edge with chips, backed with irregular segments of "black,", red, grey, white and green glass. Design of a rosette similar to preceding surrounded by three small white flowers with a round yellow center and red dots, around the broken edge sections of the large central design consisting of round yellow fruit, large red, white and yellow flowers with long pointed green leaves cased with yellow.Provenance
Former Collection
Phocion J. Tano
(Greek)
