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Object Name6 Mosaic Wing Inlays from Mosaic Glass Shrine

Made FromGlass

Date299 BCE-99 CE

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

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Designs in Miniature: The Story of Mosaic Glass

Place Made

Roman Empire; Egypt

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.
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