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Object Name8 Cane Slices Showing Full Face of Goddess Hathor from Mosaic Glass Shrine

Made FromGlass

Date299 BCE-99 CE

Place MadeRoman Empire; Egypt

TechniqueMosiac or millefiori techniques

SizeLargest Cane Slice (59.1.94 B-5) H: 0.8 cm, W: 0.7 cm, D: 0.3 cm

Accession Number59.1.94 B

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Designs in Miniature: The Story of Mosaic Glass

Not On View

Physical Description8 Cane Slices Showing Full Face of Goddess Hathor from Mosaic Glass Shrine. Mosaic glass or millefiori elements. Eight full face plaques of Hathor, almost certainly formed from the same larger cane as the two halves of group (59.1.94 A). There is a great deal of distortion in several of the canes.
Provenance

Source Ray Winfield Smith (American, 1897-1982) - 1959-07-27