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Object NameInlay
Made FromGlass
Date99 BCE-99 CE
Place Madeprobably Egypt; possibly Italy
Techniquemosaic glass or millefiori technique
SizeOverall H: 9.5 mm, L: 2.8 cm, Th; 8 mm
Accession Number52.1.12
Curatorial Area(s)
Not On View
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.
Provenance
Source Parke-Bernet Galleries, NYC - 1952-02-04
Former Collection M. A. Mansoor

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