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Object NameInlay

Made FromGlass

Date99 BCE-99 CE

Techniquemosaic glass or millefiori technique

SizeOverall H: 9.5 mm, L: 2.8 cm, Th; 8 mm

Accession Number52.1.12

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Place Made

probably Egypt; possibly Italy

Physical DescriptionInlay. Canes of translucent deep blue, opaque white and opaque brick- red, repolished recently; mosaic glass or millefiori technique. Fragment of a long rectangular inlay preserves an overall pattern of rosettes formed by four pointed oval blue leaves cased with white floating in a brick-red matrix.
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