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Object NamePossibly Plate Fragment

Made FromGlass, Gold

Date300-399

TechniqueBlown or cast, leaf-gilded, decorated, cased, cut

SizeOverall H: 4.2 cm; Blue Th: 0.3 cm

Accession Number59.1.280

Curatorial Area(s)

Ancient

Exhibitions

Glass from the Ancient World

Place Made

Roman Empire

Physical DescriptionPossibly Plate Fragment. Colorless glass over semi-translucent turquoise, gold; blown or cast, leaf-gilded and decorated with stylus, cased, cut. Plate(?): fragment has very slightly concave upper surface and concave lower surface. Blue glass has gilded decoration consisting of lion standing on ground line facing viewer's right; behind his head, final letter of inscription (N) and part or preceding letter; above lion, two parallel horizontal lines below broader horizontal line; below ground line, two parallel lines which slant, or curve, down from left to right; ground line and broad line at top of fragment have scratched transverse hatching, and lion has scratched details. Back of blue glass has wheel-cut lines, including two concentric arcs.
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