fragment
Object NameFragment of Mosaic Glass Fish
Made FromGlass
Date99 BCE-25 CE
Place MadeRoman Empire; possibly Alexandria; possibly Rome
Techniquemosaic glass technique
SizeOverall H: 2.5 cm, W: 2 cm
Accession Number59.1.540
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
Physical DescriptionCanes of colorless glass with yellow-greenish tinge, thin embedded scale pattern of opaque brick-red and opaque yellow and canes of opaque yellow with embedded scale patterns of brick-red and colorless with yellow-green tinge, opaque white canes with scale patterns of opaque yellow and translucent amethyst, bubbly with surface dulling; mosaic glass technique. Fragment of the back, body and tail of a multi-colored fish, back delineated with a band of colorless glass with an amethyst tinge, body composed of six rows of scale patterns the first in a colorless matrix, then opaque yellow, colorless, opaque yellow followed by two opaque white probably indicating the belly of the fish, below this alternating bands of thin opaque brick-red and wider opaque yellow delineate part of the tail.Provenance
Source
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982) - 1948-07-1959-07-27
Purchased from Nassar Bros., Khan el-Khalili Bazaar, Cairo
Purchased from Nassar Bros., Khan el-Khalili Bazaar, Cairo
Former Collection
Nassar Bros.
- 1948-07
