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Object Name6 Mosaic Wing Inlays from Mosaic Glass Shrine
Made FromGlass
Date299 BCE-99 CE
Place MadeRoman Empire; Egypt
TechniqueMosiac or millefiori techniques
SizeLargest Wing (59.1.94 F-2) H: 0.7 cm, W: 2.6 cm, D: 0.2 cm
Accession Number59.1.94 F
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Exhibitions
Designs in Miniature: The Story of Mosaic Glass
Not On View
Physical Description6 Mosaic Wing Inlays from Mosaic Glass Shrine. Mosaic glass or millefiori elements. Three mosaic glass inlays in the form of wings, two large have a scale pattern of blue cased with yellow from which radiate a series of white feathers cased in blue and in turn a larger series of blue feathers cased in red flare out in white matrix, the entire wing appears lightly cased in red. A second smaller wing identical to the first two and a central section may be the central portion of the right wing of two additional fragments of small wings one of which is repaired.Provenance
Source
Ray Winfield Smith
(American, 1897-1982) - 1959-07-27
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